Simon Wincer

Simon Wincer (born 1943) is an Australian film and television director best known for the miniseries Lonesome Dove and the film Free Willy. He attended Cranbrook School, Sydney, from 1950 to 1961. On leaving school he worked as a stagehand at TV Station Channel 7. By the 1980s he had directed over 200 hours of television. In 1986, he directed the telemovie The Last Frontier and also won a Christopher Award.

Filmography

Film

Television

TV films

• The Haunting of Hewie Dowker (1976)
• Bluegrass (1988)
• Flash (1997)
• ' (1998)
• The Echo of Thunder (1998)
• ' (1998)
• P.T. Barnum (1999)
• Crossfire Trail (2001)
• Monte Walsh (2003)

Miniseries

• Against the Wind (1978) (co-directed with George T. Miller)
• The Last Frontier (1986)
• Lonesome Dove (1989)
• Into the West (2005)
• Comanche Moon (2008)

Awards and nominations

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