Simon Crane
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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Place of Birth | Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK |
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2002
Best Ever Bond
5/4
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
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2000
Inside The Living Daylights
8/1
The making of the film that introduced Timothy Dalton as James Bond, who gave Bond a darker edge for a new generation.
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Inside The Living Daylights
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Titanic
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101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fian...
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Titanic
2000
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
5.667/6
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Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
1999
Building A Better Mummy
6/2
An in-depth look into the creative and technical processes that brought us the heart-stopping visual effects of the film, with director Stephen Sommer...
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Building A Better Mummy
2000
Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion
7.2/6
A very well structured making-of ducumentary for the film Braveheart (1995). We learn about how Mel Gibson got attached to the project as star, direct...
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Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion
2000
Inside 'The Living Daylights'
6.2/5
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Living Daylights"
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Inside 'The Living Daylights'
2000
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
6.8/4
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film 'Licence to Kill'.
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Inside 'Licence to Kill'
1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
6/1
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files
2000
James Bond Down River
5/1
Promotional documentary filmed at the London East End Docklands area and River Thames for the filming of the opening boat chase for The World Is Not E...
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