Simon Wincer

Simon Wincer
Born	1943 (age 80–81) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1971–present

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.

Filmography

• Bailey's Bird (1979) (TV series)
• Snapshot (aka The Day After Halloween) (1979)
• Harlequin (1980)
• Phar Lap (1983)
• D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
• The Lighthorsemen (1987)
• Lonesome Dove (1989) (mini-series)
• Quigley Down Under (1990)
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
• Free Willy (1993)
• Lightning Jack (1994)
• Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
• The Phantom (1996)
• Flash (1997)
• Murder She Purred, A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998)
• The Echo of Thunder (1998)
• Ponderosa (2001)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
• Crossfire Trail (2001)
• The Young Black Stallion (2003)
• Monte Walsh (2003)
• NASCAR 3D: The Imax Experience (2004)
• Into the West (2005) (mini-series)
• Comanche Moon (2008) (mini-series)
• The Cup (2011)

External links

• Simon Wincer at the Internet Movie Database