Simon Crane
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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.
Known for
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movieInfinite
2021
Stunt Coordinator
movieDolittle
2020
Stunt Coordinator
movieFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Stunt Coordinator
movieRobin Hood
2018
Stunt Coordinator
movieMaleficent
2014
Stunt Coordinator
movieEdge of Tomorrow
2014
Stunt Coordinator
movieWorld War Z
2013
Stunt Coordinator
movieMen in Black 3
2012
Stunt Coordinator
movieHancock
2008
Stunt Coordinator
movieJumper
2008
Stunt Coordinator
movieStardust
2007
Stunt Coordinator
movieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Island
2005
Stunts
movieMr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Stunt Coordinator
movieTroy
2004
Stunt Coordinator
movieLara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
Stunt Coordinator
movieTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
Stunt Coordinator
movieEnough
2002
Stunt Coordinator
movieLara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Mummy
1999
Stunt Coordinator
movieElizabeth
1998
Stunts
movieSaving Private Ryan
1998
Stunt Coordinator
movieTitanic
1997
Stunt Coordinator
movieFierce Creatures
1997
Stunt Coordinator
movieGoldenEye
1995
Stunt Coordinator
movieFunny Bones
1995
Stunt Coordinator
movieBraveheart
1995
Stunt Coordinator
movieMary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Stunt Coordinator
movieCliffhanger
1993
Stunt Coordinator, Stunts
movieThe Last Vampyre
1993
Stunt Coordinator
movieAlien³
1992
Stunts
movieRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
Stunts, Stunt Double
movieTotal Recall
1990
Stunts
movieSlipstream
1989
Stunts
movieAliens
1986
Stunts
tvSherlock Holmes
1984
Stunt Coordinator
Directing26
movieThe Instigators
2024
Second Unit Director
movieInfinite
2021
Second Unit Director
movieChaos Walking
2021
Second Unit Director
movieDolittle
2020
Second Unit Director
movieMaleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Second Unit Director
movieFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
2019
Second Unit Director
movieRobin Hood
2018
Second Unit Director
movieRogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Second Unit Director
movieThe Huntsman: Winter's War
2016
Second Unit Director
movieMaleficent
2014
Second Unit Director
movieEdge of Tomorrow
2014
Second Unit Director
movieWorld War Z
2013
Second Unit Director
movieMen in Black 3
2012
Second Unit Director
movieSalt
2010
Second Unit Director
movieSurrogates
2009
Second Unit Director
movieBedtime Stories
2008
Second Unit Director
movieHancock
2008
Second Unit Director
movieJumper
2008
Second Unit Director
movieStardust
2007
Second Unit Director
movieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Second Unit Director
movieMr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Second Unit Director
movieTroy
2004
Second Unit Director
movieLara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
2003
Second Unit Director
movieTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
Second Unit Director
movieEnough
2002
Second Unit Director
movieLara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001
Second Unit Director
Acting12
movieTitanic
1997
4th Officer Boxhall
tvDempsey and Makepeace
1985
Policeman
Production2
movieIn the Land of Blood and Honey
2011
Associate Producer
movieJumper
2008
Associate Producer