Wincer, Simon 1943-

PERSONAL

Born 1943, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Director and producer.

Awards, Honors:

Prize of the International Critics' Jury, Catalonian International Film Festival, and Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best director, both 1980, for Harlequin; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best director, 1983, for Phar Lap; Emmy Award, outstanding director of a miniseries or special, 1989, and Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding director of a dramatic special, 1990, both for Lonesome Dove; Bronze Wrangler Awards (with others), outstanding television feature film, Western Heritage Awards, 2002, for Crossfire Trail, and 2004, for Monte Walsh.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Harlequin (also known as Dark Forces and The Minister's Magician), New Image, 1980.

Snapshot (also known as Day after Halloween, Day before Halloween, The Night after Halloween, and One More Minute), Group 1, 1981.

Phar Lap (also known as Phar Lap—Heart of a Nation), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984.

D.A.R.Y.L., Paramount, 1985.

(And producer, with Ian Jones) The Lighthorsemen, Cinecom, 1987.

Quigley Down Under (also known as Quigley), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1990.

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1991.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert, 1992.

Free Willy (also known as Sauvez Willy), Warner Bros., 1993.

(And producer) Lightning Jack, Savoy Pictures, 1994.

Operation Dumbo Drop (also known as Dumbo Drop), Buena Vista, 1995.

The Phantom, Paramount, 1996.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Trenches of Hell, 1999.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service, 1999.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life, 1999.

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Paramount, 2001.

The Young Black Stallion, Buena Vista, 2003.

NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (also known as NASCAR: The IMAX Experience), Warner Bros., 2004.

Film Executive Producer:

The Man from Snowy River, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.

One Night Stand, 1983.

Television Director; Series:

(And producer) Homicide, Seven Network, 1964.

The Haunting of Hewie Dowker, 1976.

Prisoner: Cell Block H (also known as Caged Women and Prisoner), Ten Network, multiple episodes, 1980.

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, multiple episodes, 1992-93.

(And coproducer) Ponderosa, PAX, 2001.

Television Director; Movies:

The Girl Who Spelled Freedom (also known as The Story of Linn Yann), ABC, 1986.

The Last Frontier, CBS, 1986.

Bluegrass, CBS, 1988.

Flash, CBS, 1997.

The Echo of Thunder, CBS, 1998.

Escape: Human Cargo (also known as Escape), Showtime, 1998.

Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (also known as Murder She Purred), ABC, 1998.

(And co-executive producer) Crossfire Trail (also known as Louis L'Amour's "Crossfire Trail"), TNT, 2001.

Monte Walsh, TNT, 2003.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Against the Wind, syndicated, 1978.

Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989.

P. T. Barnum, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Into the West, TNT, 2005.

Comanche Moon, CBS, 2007.

Television Director; Episodic:

Matlock Police, Ten Network, 1971.

The Box, Ten Network, 1974.

Cash and Company, Seven Network, 1975.

The Sullivans, Nine Network, 1976.

Young Ramsay, Seven Network, 1977.

Chopper Squad, Ten Network, 1978.

Also directed episodes of Ryan and Tandarra, Seven Network.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic, 1991.

The 100 Greatest Family Films, Channel 4, 2005.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

The Making of "The Echo of Thunder," 1998.

The Style & Sound of Speed, Warner Home Video, 2006.

Pushing the Limit: The Making of "Grand Prix," Warner Home Video, 2006.

WRITINGS

Television Episodes:

Chopper Squad, Ten Network, 1978.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

DGA, January, 2003, pp. 92-95.