FILM DIRECTOR

Simon West

1961 - Today

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Simon Alexander West (born 17 July 1961) is an English film director and producer. He has primarily worked in the action genre, most notably as the director of the films Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic, and The Expendables 2. Outside of action, he also directed the films The General's Daughter and When a Stranger Calls. Before his film career, West directed music videos such as "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon West is the 1,324th most popular film director (down from 1,255th in 2019), the 4,754th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,275th in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Simon West ranks 1,324 out of 2,041. Before him are Michel Brault, Kirill Serebrennikov, Benno von Arent, Nikos Koundouros, Šarūnas Bartas, and Paul McGuigan. After him are Anders Thomas Jensen, Diane Kurys, James Wong Howe, Cédric Klapisch, Haskell Wexler, and Wesley Ruggles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Simon West ranks 373. Before him are Simone Young, Latifa, Aldo Costa, Hasmik Papian, Cui Jian, and Zbigniew Zamachowski. After him are Miran Tepeš, Cédric Klapisch, Camryn Manheim, Mikael Appelgren, Omar Razzaz, and Jurga Ivanauskaitė.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 4,755 out of 8,785. Before him are Ove Arup (1895), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Jimmy Dickinson (1925), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), Grahame Clark (1907), and Paul McGuigan (1963). After him are David Prain (1857), Kathleen Booth (1922), Allan Jay (1931), Martin Kelly (1990), Alfred Domett (1811), and Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 99. Before him are Anthony Harvey (1930), Peter R. Hunt (1925), Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), Tony Kaye (1952), Michael Caton-Jones (1957), and Paul McGuigan (1963). After him are Irving Rapper (1898), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Peter Hall (1930), Chris Menges (1940), Michael Winterbottom (1961), and Jonathan Lynn (1943).

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