Simon Rieber is a Tanzanian visual artist, film director, animator and screenwriter. He is known for co-directing in Planetary and writing Hue: A Matter of Colour documentary film directed by Vic Sarin. He authored notable books including In love with ghost, Beautiful Monster and I will never forget you. He is a winner of The Umoja Prize for Contemporary Tanzanian Artist an respectable award for artist under 40 in Tanzania.