Simon Crane
- Known for
- Crew
- Born
- January 1, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Infinite
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Dolittle
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Robin Hood
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Maleficent
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Edge of Tomorrow
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
World War Z
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Men in Black 3
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Jumper
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Hancock
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Stardust
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
The Island
Movie · Stunts
Troy
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Enough
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
The Mummy
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Elizabeth
Movie · Stunts
Saving Private Ryan
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Titanic
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Fierce Creatures
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Braveheart
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
GoldenEye
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Funny Bones
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Cliffhanger
Movie · Stunts, Stunt Coordinator
The Last Vampyre
Movie · Stunt Coordinator
Project: Shadowchaser
Movie · Stunts
Alien³
Movie · Stunts
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Movie · Stunts, Stunt Double
Total Recall
Movie · Stunts
Slipstream
Movie · Stunts
Aliens
Movie · Stunts
Sherlock Holmes
TV · Stunt Coordinator · 1 ep