Simen is one of Scandinavia’s most experienced tv drama directors. He has won The Golden Nymph Award 4 times. In 2017 he won the prestigious C21 Award for the series Fallet. Simen has also won a host of national awards for his work. During the last decade he has directed more than 50 episodes of tv-drama both nationally and internationally for broadcasters like Netflix, BBC, Viaplay, NRK and SVT. He has created the comedy drama Neste Sommer (Next Summer) which has been running on Discovery for 10 seasons at very high ratings. The show has also been remade in Sweden with equal success. His latest crime drama Fenris premiered on Viaplay in September receiving critical acclaim.