Simon Crane

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 XMen 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 15000 feet 46 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 Daltons 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 hes been a 2nd Unit Director or Stunt Coordinator on every film hes worked since After the Bond franchise Simon coordinated stunts for the AcademyAward 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