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
- Home & Away - Naturally as Self
- Portugal's Monte Naturista ... (Director)
2012
- Figleaf Villas - Naturally ... (Director)
2011
- Suze's Naked Summer as Self
2010
- The Algarve Revisited - Naturally ... (Director)
2009
- SW England - Naturally as Self
- Unwind - Naturally ... (Producer)
2008
- Fuerteventura - Naturally as Self - Presenter
- Kefalonia Revisited - Naturally ... (Director)
2007
- Alice, Joss & Sam - Naturally as Self
- Kefalonia Naturally - Vassaliki ... (Producer)
- Discovering Massage Naturally as Self
- France 4 Naturism ... (Director)
2006
- Bare Beaches of the World as Self
- More Spain - Naturally as Self
- Presenting Naturism - Naturally as Self
- We Love Arna - Naturally as Self
2005
- The Algarve - Naturally as Self
- Britain's Bare Beaches as Self
- Catalunya - Naturally as Self
2004
- Alice's Naked Summer as Self
- Costa Del Sol - Naturally ... (Producer)
- Alice's Naked Summer - Part II ... (Director of Photography)
2003
- Get Liberated - Get Naked as Self
- Euronat as Self
- Charlie's Cover Girls ... (Director of Photography)
- Palm Springs Naturally as Self - Presenter
- Florida - Naturally as Self
2002
- Nudes in the News as Self
- Costa Natura - Naked Village as Self
- Fun in the Sun - Naturally ... (Producer)
2001
- Mediterranean France - Naturally as Self - Presenter
- 2001 - Naturally as Self
- Mediterranean Spain - Naturally ... (Director)
2000
- Crete - Naturally: Vritomartis as Self - Presenter
- Dare to Go Bare ... (Director of Photography)
- Ten Naked Years as Self - Presenter
1999
- Happiness Is A Brown Bum! as Self
- A Summer Breeze as Self
- A Canarian Dream as Self
1998
- Full Frontal in Flip Flops as Self
- Corsica, Naturally as Self
- Candidly Koversada as Self - Presenter
- Clothed by the Sun as Self
1997
- Formentera - Naturally ... (Director)
- Free Sun Naturally as Self - Presenter
- Lazily Languedoc ... (Director)
1996
- Why Go Naked? as Self -Presenter
- Naked Video Shoot as Self
- Carefreely Corfu as Self
- Cast Off With Cockatoo ... (Director of Photography)
1995
- Cretan Kalypso - The Naked Truth as Self
- Freedom of Naturism as Self - Presenter
- Barely Balearic as Self
1994
- Cap d'Agde, Naked City as Self (uncredited)
- Naked Enchantment as Self
- In Harmony with Nature (The World of Naturism) as Self
- Let's Get Naked Great Britain as Self
1993
- Naturism UK as Self - Presenter
- Bareboat Odyssey ... (Director)
- Sun-Kissed Cover Girls ... (Camera Operator)
1992
- Treasured Island as Photographer Charlie (uncredited)
- Mermaid: A Flippant Tale as Self
- Naked Photo-Shoot ... (Director of Photography)
1991
- Alison: Over the Moon ... (Director)
- Simone and 1000 Flowers ... (Camera Operator)
- The Girl with No Name ... (Director of Photography)
1990
- Hitch-Hike ... (Producer)
- Perfect Exposure ... (Producer)