Simon Crane
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- 1 gennaio 1960 · Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- The Instigators · Second Unit Director
- Infinite · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Chaos Walking · Second Unit Director
- Dolittle · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Maleficent - Signora del male · Second Unit Director
- Fast & Furious - Hobbs & Shaw · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Robin Hood - L'origine della leggenda · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story · Second Unit Director
- Il cacciatore e la regina di ghiaccio · Second Unit Director
- Maleficent · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Edge of Tomorrow - Senza domani · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- World War Z · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Men in Black 3 · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Nella terra del sangue e del miele · Associate Producer
- Salt · Second Unit Director
- Il mondo dei replicanti · Second Unit Director
- Racconti incantati · Second Unit Director
- Hancock · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Jumper - Senza confini · Associate Producer, Stunt Coordinator
- Stardust · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- X-Men - Conflitto finale · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- The Island · Stunts
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Troy · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - La culla della vita · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Terminator 3 - Le macchine ribelli · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Best Ever Bond · In persona
- Via dall'incubo · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Lara Croft - Tomb Raider · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
- Inside The Living Daylights · In persona
- Inside 'The Living Daylights' · In persona
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' · In persona
- Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion · In persona
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades · Stunt Coordinator
- James Bond Down River · In persona
- Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn · In persona
- Building a Better Mummy · In persona
- La mummia · Stunt Coordinator
- Elizabeth · Stunts
- Salvate il soldato Ryan · Stunt Coordinator
- Titanic · 4th Officer Boxhall, Stunt Coordinator
- Creature selvagge · Stunt Coordinator
- Goldeneye: The Secret Files · In persona
- GoldenEye · Stunt Coordinator
- Il commediante · Stunt Coordinator
- Braveheart - Cuore impavido · Stunt Coordinator
- Frankenstein di Mary Shelley · Stunt Coordinator
- Cliffhanger - L'ultima sfida · Stunt Coordinator, Stunts
- The Last Vampyre · Stunt Coordinator
- Progettato per uccidere · Stunts
- HBO First Look · In persona
- Alien³ · Stunts
- Robin Hood - Principe dei ladri · Stunts, Stunt Double
- Atto di forza · Stunts
- Slipstream · Stunts
- Aliens - Scontro finale · Stunts
- Dempsey and Makepeace · Policeman
- Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes · Stunt Coordinator