Simon Crane

Personal Info

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Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

Simon Crane

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 R...

Production

2008

Bedtime Stories

as Second Unit Director

2008

Hancock

as Second Unit Director

2021

Chaos Walking

as Second Unit Director

2007

Stardust

as Second Unit Director

2018

Robin Hood

as Second Unit Director

2016

The Huntsman: Winter's War

as Second Unit Director

1998

Elizabeth

as Stunts

2020

Dolittle

as Stunt Coordinator

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as Stunt Coordinator

2006

X-Men: The Last Stand

as Second Unit Director

2013

World War Z

as Stunt Coordinator

2013

World War Z

as Second Unit Director

1995

Braveheart

as Stunt Coordinator

2021

Infinite

as Second Unit Director

2021

Infinite

as Stunt Coordinator

2004

Troy

as Stunt Coordinator

1997

Titanic

as Stunt Coordinator

2001

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

as Stunt Coordinator

2001

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

as Second Unit Director

2014

Maleficent

as Second Unit Director

2014

Maleficent

as Stunt Coordinator

2007

Stardust

as Stunt Coordinator

1998

Saving Private Ryan

as Stunt Coordinator

2003

2008

Jumper

as Associate Producer

2008

Jumper

as Stunt Coordinator

1993

Cliffhanger

as Stunt Coordinator

1993

Cliffhanger

as Stunts

2002

Enough

as Stunt Coordinator

1989

Slipstream

as Stunts

1995

GoldenEye

as Stunt Coordinator

2011

In the Land of Blood and Honey

as Associate Producer

2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Stunt Coordinator

2008

Jumper

as Second Unit Director

1999

The Mummy

as Stunt Coordinator

2020

Dolittle

as Second Unit Director

1997

Fierce Creatures

as Stunt Coordinator

2024

The Instigators

as Second Unit Director

1990

Total Recall

as Stunts

2014

Edge of Tomorrow

as Second Unit Director

2014

Edge of Tomorrow

as Stunt Coordinator

2012

Men in Black 3

as Second Unit Director

2012

Men in Black 3

as Stunt Coordinator

2005

The Island

as Stunts

2009

Surrogates

as Second Unit Director

2004

Troy

as Second Unit Director

2003

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

as Second Unit Director

2005

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Second Unit Director

2019

1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

as Stunt Coordinator

1986

Aliens

as Stunts

2019

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

as Second Unit Director

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Second Unit Director

2018

Robin Hood

as Stunt Coordinator

1995

Funny Bones

as Stunt Coordinator

2008

Hancock

as Stunt Coordinator

1992

Alien³

as Stunts

1993

The Last Vampyre

as Stunt Coordinator

2010

Salt

as Second Unit Director

2002

Enough

as Second Unit Director

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