Simon Verhoeven, a German film director, screenwriter, film producer, former actor, and occasional film music composer, successfully launched Men in the City 2 in 2011 and tried his hand in the horror genre with his first English-language feature film Friend Request in 2014.
Simon Verhoeven (born in Munich on 20 June 1972) is a German film director, screenwriter, film producer, former actor, and occasional film music composer. This success sparked the equally successful sequel Men in the City 2 in 2011 (also written & directed by Verhoeven), as well as a number of international remakes in the , , and other countries. With his first English-language feature film Friend Request (2014) starring Alycia Debnam Carrey, Verhoeven tried his hand in the horror genre. 
