Person
Simon Wincer
Directing · Born 1943-01-01 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Wincer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Sullivans
Director
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Director
Lonesome Dove
Director
Into the West
Director
Free Willy
Director
The Phantom
Director
Ponderosa
Director
Lightning Jack
Director
Quigley Down Under
Director
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Director
Filmography
- 2011The CupWriter
- 2008Not Quite HollywoodSelf
- 2008Comanche MoonDirector
- 2006Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand PrixSelf
- 2005Into the WestDirector
- 2003Young Black StallionDirector
- 2003Monte WalshDirector
- 2001PonderosaDirector
- 2001Crocodile Dundee in Los AngelesDirector
- 2001Crossfire TrailDirector
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceDirector
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertDirector
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of LifeDirector
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of HellDirector
- 1999P.T. BarnumDirector
- 1999P.T. BarnumDirector
- 1998Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy MysteryDirector
- 1998The Echo of ThunderDirector
- 1998Escape: Human CargoDirector
- 1997FlashDirector
- 1996The PhantomDirector
- 1996The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the LegendSelf
- 1995Operation Dumbo DropDirector
- 1994Lightning JackDirector
- 1993Free WillyDirector
- 1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesDirector
- 1991Harley Davidson and the Marlboro ManDirector
- 1990Quigley Down UnderDirector
- 1989Lonesome DoveDirector
- 1988BluegrassDirector
- 1987The LighthorsemenDirector
- 1986The Last FrontierDirector
- 1986The Girl Who Spelled FreedomDirector
- 1985D.A.R.Y.L.Director
- 1984One Night StandExecutive Producer
- 1983Phar LapDirector
- 1982The Man from Snowy RiverExecutive Producer
- 1980HarlequinDirector
- 1979SnapshotDirector
- 1979Bailey's BirdDirector
- 1978Against the WindDirector
- 1977The Lost IslandsDirector
- 1976The SullivansDirector
- 1976The Haunting of Hewie DowkerDirector
- 1976TandarraDirector
- 1975Cash and CompanyDirector
- 1973RyanDirector
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameDirector
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