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, Parafoto...

Best known work

Treasured Island

1992

Naturism UK

1993

Free Sun Naturally

1997

Cap d'Agde, Naked City

1994

Alice's Naked Summer

2004

Corsica, Naturally

1998

Alice's Naked Summer - Part II

2004

Full Frontal in Flip Flops

1998

Mermaid: A Flippant Tale

1992

Why Go Naked?

1996

Filmography

2013
Home & Away - Naturally
as Self, Director, Producer
2013
Portugal's Monte Naturista
Director, Producer
2012
Figleaf Villas - Naturally
Director, Producer
2011
Suze's Naked Summer
as Self, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
2010
The Algarve Revisited - Naturally
Director, Producer
2009
SW England - Naturally
as Self, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
2009
Unwind - Naturally
Producer, Director
2008
Fuerteventura - Naturally
as Self - Presenter, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
2008
Kefalonia Revisited - Naturally
Director, Producer
2007
Alice, Joss & Sam - Naturally
as Self, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
2007
Discovering Massage Naturally
as Self, Director, Producer
2007
France 4 Naturism
Director, Producer
2007
Kefalonia Naturally - Vassaliki
Producer, Director
2006
Presenting Naturism - Naturally
as Self, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
2006
We Love Arna - Naturally
as Self, Producer, Director
2006
More Spain - Naturally
as Self, Director, Producer
2006
Bare Beaches of the World
as Self, Director, Producer
2005
The Algarve - Naturally
as Self, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
2005
Britain's Bare Beaches
as Self, Director, Producer
2005
Catalunya - Naturally
as Self, Producer, Director
2004
Alice's Naked Summer
as Self, Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Camera Operator
2004
Alice's Naked Summer - Part II
Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Camera Operator
2004
Costa Del Sol - Naturally
Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Camera Operator
2003
Palm Springs Naturally
as Self - Presenter, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Camera Operator
2003
Euronat
as Self, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Camera Operator