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Home/People/Simon Wincer
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Born
Jan 1, 1943
Age 83
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

3
Movies
0
TV Shows
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Directed
IMDb Profile

Simon Wincer

Directing

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Wincer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Not Quite Hollywood

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Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix

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2006
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The Phantom: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

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1996