At the age of 12, he preferred building haunted houses in the basement to selling sodas outside. However, panic attacks, nightmares and suicidal thoughts already plagued the young Stephen King Simmons. In his first feature film, THE PARKER SESSIONS, he processed many of his most personal experiences. Some of the dialogue comes from conversations he had with therapists. It is clear that his debut work breathes the dark breath of his idols Lars von Trier and Yorgos Lanthimos in every second.
