Biography

Andrew Simpson (born 1967) is a Scottish animal trainer who runs the company Instinct for Film with his American-born marital partner and fellow trainer Sally Jo Sousa. Simpson was born in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. His parents worked for the aluminum maker Alcan, and he grew up with his family on the company estate in the Highlands. When he was 20 years old, he traveled to Australia and found work as an extra for the 1988 film A Cry in the Dark that starred Meryl Streep. Simpson worked with the film's dingo trainer for three weeks and continued working as an extra and as an animal training assistant. He eventually moved to Vancouve...Read More