Charlie Simonds
Known For: Directing
Biography
Charlie Simonds was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, in 1962 and saw active service in the Middle East. Having served for eight years in the regiment, he retired with the rank of captain before working for many years as a flying instructor. Then Charlie, a lifelong naturist, became an internationally acclaimed photographer and film producer of the naturist lifestyle. His writing and photographs have been published in numerous different naturist magazines around the world. Among the 214 covers of those featuring Charlie's photographs, 146 have appeared on the cover of H&E naturist alone in the past 33 years. Charlie and his company, Parafotos, have also produced 64 films about naturism and naturist resorts in the UK, USA, France, Greece, Spain, the Canaries, the Balearics, Turkey, Portugal, Croatia and the Caribbean.
Filmography
2013
- Portugal's Monte Naturista ... (Director)
- Home & Away - Naturally as Self
2012
- Figleaf Villas - Naturally ... (Director)
2011
- Suze's Naked Summer as Self
2010
- The Algarve Revisited - Naturally ... (Director)
2009
- Unwind - Naturally ... (Producer)
- SW England - Naturally as Self
2008
- Fuerteventura - Naturally as Self - Presenter
- Kefalonia Revisited - Naturally ... (Director)
2007
- Alice, Joss & Sam - Naturally as Self
- Discovering Massage Naturally as Self
- France 4 Naturism ... (Director)
- Kefalonia Naturally - Vassaliki ... (Producer)
2006
- Bare Beaches of the World as Self
- More Spain - Naturally as Self
- We Love Arna - Naturally as Self
- Presenting Naturism - Naturally as Self
2005
- Catalunya - Naturally as Self
- The Algarve - Naturally as Self
- Britain's Bare Beaches as Self
2004
- Alice's Naked Summer as Self
- Costa Del Sol - Naturally ... (Producer)
- Alice's Naked Summer - Part II ... (Camera Operator)
2003
- Florida - Naturally as Self
- Euronat as Self
- Get Liberated - Get Naked as Self
- Palm Springs Naturally as Self - Presenter
- Charlie's Cover Girls ... (Director of Photography)
2002
- Nudes in the News as Self
- Fun in the Sun - Naturally ... (Producer)
- Costa Natura - Naked Village as Self
2001
- 2001 - Naturally as Self
- Mediterranean Spain - Naturally ... (Director)
- Mediterranean France - Naturally as Self - Presenter
2000
- Ten Naked Years as Self - Presenter
- Dare to Go Bare ... (Director of Photography)
- Crete - Naturally: Vritomartis as Self - Presenter
1999
- Happiness Is A Brown Bum! as Self
- A Summer Breeze as Self
- A Canarian Dream as Self
1998
- Corsica, Naturally as Self
- Clothed by the Sun as Self
- Full Frontal in Flip Flops as Self
- Candidly Koversada as Self - Presenter
1997
- Lazily Languedoc ... (Director)
- Formentera - Naturally ... (Director)
- Free Sun Naturally as Self - Presenter
1996
- Carefreely Corfu as Self
- Why Go Naked? as Self -Presenter
- Cast Off With Cockatoo ... (Director of Photography)
- Naked Video Shoot as Self
1995
- Barely Balearic as Self
- Cretan Kalypso - The Naked Truth as Self
- Freedom of Naturism as Self - Presenter
1994
- Cap d'Agde, Naked City as Self (uncredited)
- Let's Get Naked Great Britain as Self
- In Harmony with Nature (The World of Naturism) as Self
- Naked Enchantment as Self
1993
- Naturism UK as Self - Presenter
- Bareboat Odyssey ... (Director)
- Sun-Kissed Cover Girls ... (Camera Operator)
1992
- Treasured Island as Photographer Charlie (uncredited)
- Naked Photo-Shoot ... (Director of Photography)
- Mermaid: A Flippant Tale as Self
1991
- Alison: Over the Moon ... (Camera Operator)
- Simone and 1000 Flowers ... (Director)
- The Girl with No Name ... (Director of Photography)
1990
- Perfect Exposure ... (Director of Photography)
- Hitch-Hike ... (Director of Photography)