Simon Crane

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Simon Crane

Known For

Titanic: Behind The Scenes
1h 0m
Movie 2005

Titanic: Behind The Scenes

Behind the scenes featurettes on the making of Titanic, included in the special features of the DVD and Blu-ray release.

Best Ever Bond
1h 26m
Movie 2002

Best Ever Bond

Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Inside 'The Living Daylights'
0h 36m
Movie 2000

Inside 'The Living Daylights'

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "The Living Daylights"

Inside The Living Daylights
0h 36m
Movie 2000

Inside The Living Daylights

The making of the film that introduced Timothy Dalton as James Bond, who gave Bond a darker edge for a new generation.

Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion
0h 28m
Movie 2000

Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion

A making-of documentary for the film Braveheart (1995).

James Bond Down River
0h 25m
Movie 2000

James Bond Down River

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 Enough (1999).

Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
0h 49m
Movie 2000

Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn

Building A Better Mummy
0h 50m
Movie 1999

Building A Better Mummy

An in-depth look into the creative and technical processes that brought us the heart-stopping visual effects of the film, with director Stephen Sommers and the crew at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).

Titanic
3h 14m
Movie 1997

Titanic

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 fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
0h 41m
Movie 1995

Goldeneye: The Secret Files

Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).

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.

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