Simon Wincer

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 the prestigious Christopher Award.

In 1993, he directed his most successful film, Free Willy. In 1996, Wincer directed Paramount's big budget comic strip adaptation, The Phantom, starring Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kristy Swanson.

Filmography

• Comanche Moon (2008)
• Into the West (2005)
• NASCAR 3D: The Imax Experience (2004)
• The Young Black Stallion (2003)
• Monte Walsh (2003)
• Ponderosa (2001) (prequel to Bonanza)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
• Crossfire Trail (2001)
• Murder She Purred, A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998)
• The Phantom (1996)
• Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
• Lightning Jack (1994)
• Free Willy (1993)
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
• Quigley Down Under (1990)
• Lonesome Dove (1989)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
• Phar Lap (1983)

External links

• Simon Wincer at the Internet Movie Database