Writer, producer and director, Lou Simon was born in Havana, Cuba, and at age nine her family immigrated to the U.S. to escape the communist regime. Lou started writing short stories at the age of 10 and eventually discovered her true gift -- Screenwriting. Not wanting to wait to be “discovered,” Lou went on to write, direct and producer her first feature film. Never having been on a film set before, this was, in essence, her film school. Since then, Lou has written, produced and directed six feature films in four years: "HazMat," “Agoraphobia,” “All Girls Weekend," “3,” "73 Minutes" and "9 Windows." All her films have obtained distribution throughout the world, in territories including: North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Russia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Scandinavia, Australia and Japan. Her films have also won several awards at various film festivals, and Lou, herself, has won Best Director. Her last film “9 Windows” was justr eleased in North America.