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Simon Wincer (born 1943) is an Australian film and television director. [1] He attended Cranbrook School, Sydney, from 1950 to 1961. On leaving school he worked as a stagehand at TV Station Channel 7. By the 1980s he had directed over 200 hours of television. In 1986, he directed the telemovie The Last Frontier and also won a Christopher Award.
Simon Wincer was born in 1943 in Sydney, Australia. He is known for directing The Phantom, Harlequin, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles and Into the West, among other films and TV shows.
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Aug 12, 2016 · Simon Wincer, the director of The Phantom and Free Willy, talks about his career and challenges in this podcast interview. He reveals how he replaced the original director of Free Willy, how he shot in Mexico and the Pacific Northwest, and how he created the iconic whale leap scene.
Simon Wincer, the Australian-born filmmaker who won an Emmy for directing the epic western miniseries Lonesome Dove, shares his behind-the-scenes stories and insights. Learn how he landed the job, how he cast the stars, and how he shot the scenes in Texas and Mexico.
Simon Wincer discusses the genre he spent much of his career working in: Westerns; including tricks of the trade and how trips to the Australian bush early in his life helped instill a life-long appreciation of light, weather, and landscape. Wincer describes the combination of set tricks and early use of CGI he used to create the iconic whale ...
Learn about Simon Wincer's biography, filmography, awards and achievements on The Movie Database (TMDB). He is known for directing Free Willy, The Phantom, Quigley Down Under and more.
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Aug 23, 1991 · Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man: Directed by Simon Wincer. With Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field, Daniel Baldwin. Two lone riders hold up a bank's armoured car to save their friend's bar from imminent foreclosure.