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Simon Crane

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Simon Crane

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

Simon Crane

    Simon Crane (born 1960) is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director. Crane has been a staple in the stunt world for decades working on several of the biggest action films and franchises in movie history, including several Bond films, Aliens, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Superman 4, Terminator 3, X-Men 3 and Men in Black 3.

    When filming Cliffhanger (1993), Sly Stallone paid $1 million dollars out of his own pocket for stunt man Simon Crane to slide between two planes on a cable at 15,000 feet (4.6 km) – making it the most expensive aerial stunt ever, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

    Like Vic Armstrong and the Powells, Crane has been very popular with the Bond Film Series. Starting out in A View to a Kill (1985), and then he became Timothy Dalton’s stunt double for The Living Daylights (1987) and then graduating to 2nd Unit Stunt Coordinator for License to Kill. Finally in 1995, he was hired as the Stunt Coordinator for GoldenEye, he’s been a 2nd Unit Director or Stunt Coordinator on every film he’s worked since.

    After the Bond franchise, Simon coordinated stunts for the Academy-Award winning films Titanic and Saving Private Ryan. In 2014, Crane won a SAG Award for Outstanding Action Performance By A Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture on the film Unbroken.

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Filmography of

Simon Crane

Found 26 Movies in total

The Instigators

Second Unit Director

... 2024

Infinite

Stunt Coordinator

... 2021

Chaos Walking

Second Unit Director

... 2021

Dolittle

Stunt Coordinator

... 2020

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Second Unit Director

... 2019

... 2019

Robin Hood

Stunt Coordinator

... 2018

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Second Unit Director

... 2016

The Huntsman: Winter's War

Second Unit Director

... 2016

Maleficent

Stunt Coordinator

... 2014

Edge of Tomorrow

Stunt Coordinator

... 2014

World War Z

Stunt Coordinator

... 2013

Men in Black 3

Stunt Coordinator

... 2012

Salt

Second Unit Director

... 2010

Surrogates

Second Unit Director

... 2009

Bedtime Stories

Second Unit Director

... 2008

Hancock

Stunt Coordinator

... 2008

Jumper

Stunt Coordinator

... 2008

Stardust

Stunt Coordinator

... 2007

X-Men: The Last Stand

Stunt Coordinator

... 2006

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Stunt Coordinator

... 2005

Troy

Stunt Coordinator

... 2004

... 2003

... 2003

Enough

Stunt Coordinator

... 2002

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Stunt Coordinator

... 2001