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Simon West

Highest Rated: 76% Black Hawk Down (2001)

Lowest Rated: 0% Salty (2017)

Birthday: Jul 17, 1961

Birthplace: Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK

British director Simon West was the guiding hand behind a string of highly polished action-thrillers in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including "Con Air" (1997), "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001), and the popular TV series "Human Target" (Fox, 2010-11). A former director of commercials and music videos, West brought the skills from those mediums to his feature film work, which resulted in fast-paced, visually striking movies that succeeded on purely visceral levels. Despite sometimes threadbare scripts, audiences rarely had time to breathe between action set pieces in "The Mechanic" (2011) or the barrage of shock effects in his 2006 remake of "When A Stranger Calls." West's streak of hits began to falter after "Stranger Calls," but the director, who also produced numerous TV-films and pilots, remained in demand for his numerous strengths: breakneck pace, jaw-dropping stunts and minimal plot to distract from the spectacular action West put on to brilliant display.

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Highest-Rated Movies

76% 88% Black Hawk Down Watchlist
68% 67% The Expendables 2
Watchlist 58% 75% Con Air Watchlist 57% 31% Skyfire Watchlist
54% 51% The Mechanic
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30% 29% Wild Card
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21% 46% The General's Daughter
Watchlist 20% 47% Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Watchlist
18% 34% Stolen
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8% 43% When a Stranger Calls
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Simon West

Simon West CON AIR, director Simon West (left), Nicolas Cage (right), on set, 1997. ©Buena Vista Pictures LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER, Director Simon West and Angelina Jolie on the set, 2001 CON AIR, director Simon West, John Cusack, on set, 1997. ©Buena Vista Pictures WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, Camilla Belle, Director Simon West, on set, 2006, ©Screen Gems THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER, John Travolta, director Simon West on set, 1999, (c)Paramount WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, Director Simon West, Producer John Davis, on set, 2006, ©Screen Gems WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, Director of Photography Peter Menzies Jr., Director Simon West, on set, 2006, ©Screen Gems View more photos

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Old Guy 2024 Director Bride Hard 2024 Director Skyfire 57% 31% 2019 Director Stratton 0% 23% 2017 Director Salty 0% 36% 2017 Director, Producer The Saint 37% 2017 Director, Executive Producer Wild Card 30% 29% 2015 Director Stolen 18% 34% 2012 Director The Expendables 2 68% 67% 2012 Director The Mechanic 54% 51% 2011 Director When a Stranger Calls 8% 43% 2006 Director Black Hawk Down 76% 88% 2001 Executive Producer Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 20% 47% 2001 Director, Writer The General's Daughter 21% 46% 1999 Director Con Air 58% 75% 1997 Director Swallows and Amazons 76% 1974 John Walker Actor
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