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Simon Crane

Simon Crane

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Birthday None (None)
Birthplace Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 28, 2024
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Biography

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

Titanic

Titanic

1997

as 4th Officer Boxhall

The Instigators

The Instigators

2024

Second Unit Director

Infinite

Infinite

2021

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Chaos Walking

Chaos Walking

2021

Second Unit Director

Dolittle

Dolittle

2020

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

2019

Second Unit Director

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

2019

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

2018

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

Second Unit Director

The Huntsman: Winter's War

The Huntsman: Winter's War

2016

Second Unit Director

Maleficent

Maleficent

2014

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Edge of Tomorrow

Edge of Tomorrow

2014

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

World War Z

World War Z

2013

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

2012

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Salt

Salt

2010

Second Unit Director

Surrogates

Surrogates

2009

Second Unit Director

Jumper

Jumper

2008

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Hancock

Hancock

2008

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

2008

Second Unit Director

Stardust

Stardust

2007

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

The Island

The Island

2005

Stunts

Troy

Troy

2004

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2003

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life

2003

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Enough

Enough

2002

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

2001

Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director

The Mummy

The Mummy

1999

Stunt Coordinator

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

1998

Stunt Coordinator

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

1998

Stunts

Titanic

Titanic

1997

Stunt Coordinator

Fierce Creatures

Fierce Creatures

1997

Stunt Coordinator

GoldenEye

GoldenEye

1995

Stunt Coordinator

Braveheart

Braveheart

1995

Stunt Coordinator

Funny Bones

Funny Bones

1995

Stunt Coordinator

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

Stunt Coordinator

The Last Vampyre

The Last Vampyre

1993

Stunt Coordinator

Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

1993

Stunt Coordinator, Stunts

Alien³

Alien³

1992

Stunts

Project: Shadowchaser

Project: Shadowchaser

1992

Stunts

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991

Stunt Double, Stunts

Total Recall

Total Recall

1990

Stunts

Slipstream

Slipstream

1989

Stunts

Aliens

Aliens

1986

Stunts

No data available

In the Land of Blood and Honey

In the Land of Blood and Honey

2011

Associate Producer

Jumper

Jumper

2008

Associate Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Dempsey and Makepeace

as Policeman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 1985

HBO First Look

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 12, 1992

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