Simon Wincer

Simon Wincer (born 1943) is an Australian film and television director. He attended Cranbrook School, Sydney, from 1950 to 1961. On leaving school he worked as a stagehand at TV Station Channel 7. By the 1980s he had directed over 200 hours of television. In 1986, he directed the telemovie The Last Frontier and also won a Christopher Award. He also directed the 1993 family film Free Willy.

Television
TV films
 * The Haunting of Hewie Dowker (1976)
 * The Last Frontier (1986)
 * Bluegrass (1988)
 * Flash (1997)
 * Escape: Human Cargo (1998)
 * The Echo of Thunder (1998)
 * Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (1998)
 * P.T. Barnum (1999)
 * Crossfire Trail (2001)
 * Monte Walsh (2003)

Miniseries
 * Against the Wind (1978) (co-directed with George T. Miller)
 * Lonesome Dove (1989)
 * Into the West (2005)
 * Comanche Moon (2008)