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.
Filmography
all 53
Movies 50
Director 22
self 9
TV Shows 3
Producer 2
Infinite (2021)
Chaos Walking (2021)
Dolittle (2020)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Robin Hood (2018)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)
Maleficent (2014)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
World War Z (2013)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
Surrogates (2009)
Bedtime Stories (2008)
Hancock (2008)
Jumper (2008)
Stardust (2007)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
The Island (2005)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Troy (2004)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Enough (2002)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Inside 'The Living Daylights' (2000)
Inside 'Licence to Kill' (2000)
Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (2000)
James Bond Down River (2000)
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn (2000)
Building A Better Mummy (1999)
The Mummy (1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1999)
Elizabeth (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Titanic (1997)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995)
GoldenEye (1995)
Funny Bones (1995)
Braveheart (1995)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Cliffhanger (1993)
The Last Vampyre (1993)
HBO First Look (1992)
Alien³ (1992)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Aliens (1986)
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
The Making of 'GoldenEye': A Video Journal
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GenderMale
Birthday1960-05-01 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceTwickenham, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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