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Date of Birth
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1943
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Place of Birth
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Sydney
(Australia, New South Wales, Oceania)
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Nationality
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Australia
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Profession
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Film Director, Film Producer, Television Director, Screenwriter
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Simon Wincer is an Australian film director and film producer. He attended Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, Sydney from 1950 to 1961. On leaving school he worked as a stage hand at TV Station Channel 7. By the 1980s he directed over 200 hours of television. In 1986 he directed the made for TV movie The Last Frontier and also won a Christopher Award. His most successful film to date is the 1993 film Free Willy.
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