Biography: Simon Allen is a British former actor, producer and casting director who founded talent company The Harter Allen Agency. He was trained as an actor at The Guildhall School of Music and Dramatic Art and The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York City, and attended New York University, Tisch School of the Arts Film Program as well as the Film Program at Goldsmith's College in London. Allen has worked in almost every position in film and theatre production, producing feature length dramas and documentaries and short dramas for Channel 4 and the BBC.