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Simon Crane

b. 1960 · 43 titles in the catalogue

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.

Their work

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  1. Titanic1997as 4th Officer Boxhall · Stunt Coordinator
  2. Saving Private Ryan1998Stunt Coordinator
  3. World War Z2013Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016Second Unit Director
  5. Edge of Tomorrow2014Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  6. Maleficent2014Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  7. Mr. & Mrs. Smith2005Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  8. Troy2004Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  9. Braveheart1995Stunt Coordinator
  10. Men in Black 32012Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  11. Aliens1986Stunts
  12. X-Men: The Last Stand2006Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  13. Hancock2008Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  14. The Mummy1999Stunt Coordinator
  15. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  16. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines2003Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  17. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider2001Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  18. Total Recall1990Stunts
  19. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil2019Second Unit Director
  20. Alien³1992Stunts
  21. Jumper2008Associate Producer · Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  22. Salt2010Second Unit Director
  23. The Island2005Stunts
  24. The Huntsman: Winter's War2016Second Unit Director
  25. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life2003Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  26. Stardust2007Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  27. GoldenEye1995Stunt Coordinator
  28. Dolittle2020Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  29. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves1991Stunt Double · Stunts
  30. Surrogates2009Second Unit Director
  31. Robin Hood2018Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  32. Bedtime Stories2008Second Unit Director
  33. Cliffhanger1993Stunt Coordinator · Stunts
  34. Chaos Walking2021Second Unit Director
  35. Infinite2021Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  36. Elizabeth1998Stunts
  37. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein1994Stunt Coordinator
  38. Enough2002Second Unit Director · Stunt Coordinator
  39. The Instigators2024Second Unit Director
  40. Fierce Creatures1997Stunt Coordinator
  41. Sherlock Holmes1984Stunt Coordinator
  42. In the Land of Blood and Honey2011Associate Producer
  43. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades2000Stunt Coordinator