April Simmons received an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1997. She has taught film production, history, and theory for over 15 years. Her films have screened at The Ann Arbor Film Festival, The New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center, Film Anthology Archives in New York, Black Maria Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Sidewalk Moving Pictures, Athens International Film Festival, The Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) in Chicago, San Francisco Cinematheque, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Hollywood Underground Film Festival, Flex Film Festival, and on PBS. April added working with still image narratives in 2022. She lives with her husband, children, and their two dogs in Concord, NC and the mountains of Boone, NC.