Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK:
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.
Best Ever Bond (2002) Self |
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Inside 'The Living Daylights' (2000) Self |
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Inside 'Licence to Kill' (2000) |
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Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (2000) Self |
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James Bond Down River (2000) |
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Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn (2000) Himself |
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Building A Better Mummy (1999) Himself |
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Titanic (1997) Fourth Officer Boxhall |
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995) |
Infinite (2021) Second Unit Director |
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Infinite (2021) Stunt Coordinator |
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Chaos Walking (2021) Second Unit Director |
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Dolittle (2020) Second Unit Director |
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Dolittle (2020) Stunt Coordinator |
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) Second Unit Director |
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Second Unit Director |
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Stunt Coordinator |
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Robin Hood (2018) Stunt Coordinator |
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Robin Hood (2018) Second Unit Director |
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Second Unit Director |
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The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) Second Unit Director |
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Maleficent (2014) Second Unit Director |
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Maleficent (2014) Stunt Coordinator |
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Second Unit Director |
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014) Stunt Coordinator |
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World War Z (2013) Stunt Coordinator |
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World War Z (2013) Second Unit Director |
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Men in Black 3 (2012) Second Unit Director |
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Men in Black 3 (2012) Stunt Coordinator |
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In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) Associate Producer |
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Surrogates (2009) Second Unit Director |
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Bedtime Stories (2008) Second Unit Director |
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Hancock (2008) Stunt Coordinator |
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Hancock (2008) Second Unit Director |
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Jumper (2008) Producer |
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Jumper (2008) Associate Producer |
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Jumper (2008) Stunt Coordinator |
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Jumper (2008) Second Unit Director |
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Stardust (2007) Stunt Coordinator |
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Stardust (2007) Second Unit Director |
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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) Stunt Coordinator |
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X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) Second Unit Director |
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The Island (2005) Stunts |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) Stunt Coordinator |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) Second Unit Director |
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Troy (2004) Stunt Coordinator |
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Troy (2004) Second Unit Director |
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) Second Unit Director |
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) Stunt Coordinator |
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Stunt Coordinator |
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Second Unit Director |
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Enough (2002) Stunt Coordinator |
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Stunt Coordinator |
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Second Unit Director |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000) Stunt Coordinator |
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The Mummy (1999) Stunt Coordinator |
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Elizabeth (1998) Stunts |
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Saving Private Ryan (1998) Stunt Coordinator |
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Titanic (1997) Stunt Coordinator |
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Fierce Creatures (1997) Stunt Coordinator |
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GoldenEye (1995) Stunt Coordinator |
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Funny Bones (1995) Stunt Coordinator |
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Braveheart (1995) Stunt Coordinator |
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) Stunt Coordinator |
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Cliffhanger (1993) Stunt Coordinator |
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Cliffhanger (1993) Stunts |
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The Last Vampyre (1993) Stunt Coordinator |
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Alien³ (1992) Stunts |
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Stunt Double |
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Stunts |
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Aliens (1986) Stunts |