Simon Wincer
Director, Actor
- Snapshot (One More Minute) (1979)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Chantal Contouri, Sigrid Thornton, Robert Bruning
- Offbeat, low–budget thriller from Oz stars Sigrid Thornton as a 20–something lured into the sleazy world of topless modelling. While she…
- Harlequin (1980)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. David Hemmings, Robert Powell, Broderick Crawford
- A modern–day version of the Rasputin story, in which a senator and his wife fall prey to the spellbinding powers of a manipulative Harlequin…
- Phar Lap (1983)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Tom Burlinson
- Legendary racehorse reared in New Zealand (though Australian makes claims), who died under mysterious circumstances in America. Good period piece,…
- D.A.R.Y.L. (Daryl) (1985)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Barret Oliver
- A whitebread American couple adopt a young boy (Oliver) who has striking talents and abilities. Turns out he is in fact a Pentagon robot or Data…
- Lighthorsemen, The (1987)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton…
- Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
- Lonesome Dove (TV Mini-series) (Lonesome Dove, Streets Of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, Return to Lonesome Dove) (1989-1993)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover…
- A hefty star cast congregate for this acclaimed TV adaptation of Larry McMurtry's novel about two former Texas Rangers (Duvall, Jones) who retire to…
- Quigley Down Under (1990)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman
- Sharpshooter Tom Selleck goes on the run in the Australian outback after being hired by a treacherous cattle baron and discovering his new job is to…
- Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson
- A self–mocking vehicle for macho stalwarts Rourke and Johnson. They team up to rob a bank, but it's O.K. coz they're helpin' out a buddy who's…
- Free Willy (1993)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson…
- Hollywood heart–warmer about a friendship between a 70 pound 12–year–old boy and a 7000 pound Orca whale held captive at an…
- Operation Dumbo Drop (1996)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Danny Glover, Ray Liotta
- A comedy based on a real–life military assignment – to deliver a full–size live elephant to a remote jungle village by any means…
- Phantom, The (1996)
- Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Billy Zane straps into purple tights to fight the depression–era blues and a supernaturally–empowered villain (Treat Williams). An…