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Because of Wincer’s TV track record, and because he had also directed features back in his native Australia, CBS executives were comfortable with the idea of him at the helm of Lonesome Dove, a...
Simon Wincer (born 1943) is an Australian film and television director. [1] 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.
Born in Australia in 1943, Simon Wincer developed an interest in television production when he accompanied his father to a local television station on a delivery. Being drawn to the work, he was helped obtain a job by his cousin, Eric Pearce, a television host in Melbourne, at the Australian Broadcast Corporation.
Born in Australia in 1943, Simon Wincer developed an interest in television production when he accompanied his father to a local television station on a delivery. Being drawn to the work, he was helped obtain a job by his cousin, Eric Pearce, a television host in Melbourne, at the Australian Broadcast Corporation.
After attending Sydney's prestigious Cranbook boarding school as a teen, Wincer was desperate to get into television and started out as a mail boy at the ABC. He worked his way up over the years ...
Nov 6, 2023 · Veteran director Simon Wincer explains how he sought to tell the widely familiar tale of a remarkable racehorse with as much historical authenticity as possible.
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While working part-time at a Sydney theater, he found he loved working on stage so much that he moved to London, England to pursue a career in live theater.
