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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-01-01 (82 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

Acting

2008

Not Quite Hollywood as Self

2006

Pushing the Limit : The Making of Grand Prix as Self

1996

The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend as Self

Directing

2011

The Cup as Director

2008

Comanche Moon as Director

2005

Into the West as Director

2003

Young Black Stallion as Director

Monte Walsh as Director

2001

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles as Director

Crossfire Trail as Director

Ponderosa as Director

1999

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Director

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell as Director

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Director

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life as Director

P.T. Barnum as Director

P.T. Barnum as Director

1998

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery as Director

The Echo of Thunder as Director

Escape: Human Cargo as Director

1997

Flash as Director

1996

The Phantom as Director

1995

Operation Dumbo Drop as Director

1994

Lightning Jack as Director

1993

Free Willy as Director

1992

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Director

1991

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man as Director

1990

Quigley Down Under as Director

1989

Lonesome Dove as Director

1988

Bluegrass as Director

1987

The Lighthorsemen as Director

1986

The Girl Who Spelled Freedom as Director

The Last Frontier as Director

1985

D.A.R.Y.L. as Director

1983

Phar Lap as Director

1980

Harlequin as Director

1979

Snapshot as Director

Bailey's Bird as Director

1978

Against the Wind as Director

1977

The Lost Islands as Director

1976

The Haunting of Hewie Dowker as Director

Tandarra as Director

The Sullivans as Director

1975

Cash and Company as Director

1973

Ryan as Director

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Director

Production

2011

The Cup as Producer

1994

Lightning Jack as Producer

1984

One Night Stand as Executive Producer

1982

The Man from Snowy River as Executive Producer

Writing

2011

The Cup as Writer