Charlie Simonds
Known for: Directing
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
Nudes in the News
Self
2002
Catalunya - Naturally
Self
2005
Film
Fuerteventura - Naturally
Self - Presenter
2008
Florida - Naturally
Self
2003
Barely Balearic
Self
1995
Euronat
Self
2003
2001 - Naturally
Self
2001
Film
Treasured Island
Photographer Charlie (uncredited)
1992
Film
Cap d'Agde, Naked City
Self (uncredited)
1994
Corsica, Naturally
Self
1998
Naturism UK
Self - Presenter
1993
Carefreely Corfu
Self
1996
Film
Alice, Joss & Sam - Naturally
Self
2007
In Harmony with Nature (The World of Naturism)
Self
1994
Bare Beaches of the World
Self
2006
Film
Freedom of Naturism
Self - Presenter
1995
Film
Presenting Naturism - Naturally
Self
2006
Britain's Bare Beaches
Self
2005
Let's Get Naked Great Britain
Self
1994
Costa Natura - Naked Village
Self
2002
Film
Suze's Naked Summer
Self
2011
Film
Candidly Koversada
Self - Presenter
1998
Happiness Is A Brown Bum!
Self
1999
Film
SW England - Naturally
Self
2009
Discovering Massage Naturally
Self
2007
Film
Ten Naked Years
Self - Presenter
2000
Alice's Naked Summer
Self
2004
More Spain - Naturally
Self
2006
Home & Away - Naturally
Self
2013
We Love Arna - Naturally
Self
2006
Get Liberated - Get Naked
Self
2003
Naked Enchantment
Self
1994
Film
Full Frontal in Flip Flops
Self
1998
Film
A Summer Breeze
Self
1999
Cretan Kalypso - The Naked Truth
Self
1995
Naked Video Shoot
Self
1996
Clothed by the Sun
Self
1998
Crete - Naturally: Vritomartis
Self - Presenter
2000
Palm Springs Naturally
Self - Presenter
2003
A Canarian Dream
Self
1999
Mermaid: A Flippant Tale
Self
1992
Mediterranean France - Naturally
Self - Presenter
2001
The Algarve - Naturally
Self
2005
Free Sun Naturally
Self - Presenter
1997
Why Go Naked?
Self -Presenter
1996