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Simon Wincer

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 1, 1943 (83 years old)

Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Simon Wincer

Biography

Simon Wincer (born 1943 in Sydney) is an Australian film director and film producer. He attended Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, Sydney from 1950 to 1961. On leaving school he worked as a stage hand at TV Station Channel 7. By the 1980s he directed over 200 hours of television. In 1986 he directed the made for TV movie The Last Frontier and also won a Christopher Award.

His most successful film to date is the 1993 film Free Willy.

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Known For

Directing

2011The Cup...Director
2008Comanche Moon...Director
2005Into the West...Director
2003Young Black Stallion...Director
2003Monte Walsh...Director
2001Ponderosa...Director
2001Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles...Director
2001Crossfire Trail...Director
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life...Director
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert...Director
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service...Director
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell...Director
1999P.T. Barnum...Director
1999P.T. Barnum...Director
1998Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery...Director
1998The Echo of Thunder...Director
1998Escape: Human Cargo...Director
1997Flash...Director
1996The Phantom...Director
1995Operation Dumbo Drop...Director
1994Lightning Jack...Director
1993Free Willy...Director
1992The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles...Director
1991Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man...Director
1990Quigley Down Under...Director
1989Lonesome Dove...Director
1988Bluegrass...Director
1987The Lighthorsemen...Director
1986The Last Frontier...Director
1986The Girl Who Spelled Freedom...Director
1985D.A.R.Y.L....Director
1983Phar Lap...Director
1980Harlequin...Director
1979Snapshot...Director
1979Bailey's Bird...Director
1978Against the Wind...Director
1977The Lost Islands...Director
1976The Sullivans...Director
1976The Haunting of Hewie Dowker...Director
1976Tandarra...Director
1975Cash and Company...Director
1973Ryan...Director
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame...Director

Writing

2011The Cup...Writer

Production

2011The Cup...Producer
2001Crossfire Trail...Co-Executive Producer
1994Lightning Jack...Producer
1984One Night Stand...Executive Producer
1982The Man from Snowy River...Executive Producer

Acting

2008Not Quite Hollywoodas Self
2006Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prixas Self
1996The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legendas Self