Simon Whiteley
Art
Born in 1962, Lancashire, UK. Production Designer, Art Director, Visual Effects Supervisor. Author of the Knights of Castle Wood quest for the Eirys Coeden guardians of the Mimlacode, and the Peter Rabbit and the Merlin pentalogy. Creative mind behind the Peter Rabbit movies franchise and designer of the iconic “digital rain” code in The Matrix trilogy. My family's name is imprinted in the digital rain for a reason, which dates back beyond Arthurian Legend. A childhood spent barefoot and free between the UK and the wilds of central Africa, where I first encountered the Eirys Coeden and Mimla. I completed my BA (Hons) in Design and Visual Communication in Birmingham, UK where I studied art, story and longevity in civilisations and began writing about the Eirys Coeden. My career began at the BBC, Pebble Mill, Birmingham before moving to BBC, Shepherds Bush, London with the introduction …