---
name: "Simon West"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-west"
fi1m_id: "simon-west"
imdb_id: "nm0922346"
tmdb_id: 12786
wikidata_id: "Q442740"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "17 July 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T01:25:06.888690+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Simon West

## Identity

Simon West

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-west
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-west
- **IMDb ID:** nm0922346
- **TMDB ID:** 12786
- **Wikidata ID:** Q442740
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12786

Director. Born 17 July 1961 in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 17 July 1961, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442740, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12786

## Biography

Simon West (born 17 July 1961) is an English film director and producer. He began his career as an assistant film editor with the BBC, working on dramas and documentaries, before directing commercials and music videos.

West made his feature film debut directing the action thriller *Con Air* (1997). He has since directed a series of action films including *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), *The Mechanic* (2011) and *The Expendables 2* (2012), as well as *The General's Daughter* (1999) and *When a Stranger Calls* (2006).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Con Air* (1997), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Legend Hunters* (2026), Director
- *Bride Hard* (2025), Director
- *Old Guy* (2024), Director
- *Boundless* (2022), series, Director
- *Skyfire* (2019), Director
- *Gun Shy* (2017), Director, Producer
- *The Saint* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Stratton* (2017), Director
- *Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn* (2015), Producer
- *Wild Card* (2015), Director
- *Stolen* (2012), Director
- *The Expendables 2* (2012), Director
- *The Mechanic* (2011), Director
- *The Cape* (2011), series, Director
- *Human Target* (2010), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet* (2008), Music
- *The Man* (2007), Director
- *When a Stranger Calls* (2006), Director
- *Keen Eddie* (2003), series, Director
- *Black Hawk Down* (2001), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/black-hawk-down.md)
- *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), Director, Adaptation
- *The General's Daughter* (1999), Director
- *Con Air* (1997), Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)
- *Swallows and Amazons* (1974), as John Walker
- *Raider*, Director
- *Fortitude*, Director

## Gallery

- ![présent lors de Reims Polar 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/3854092/gallery-b1363613bcf0.jpg) présent lors de Reims Polar 2025. — Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Simon_West_reimspolar_1560868.jpg/1280px-Simon_West_reimspolar_1560868.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![présent lors de Reims Polar 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/3854092/gallery-6ecfa947573d.jpg) présent lors de Reims Polar 2025. — Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Simon_West_reimsploar_1560889.jpg/1280px-Simon_West_reimsploar_1560889.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Simon West](https://film.one/media/person/3854092/gallery-cd8ee320bbe5.jpg) Simon West — Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Reims_polar_2025_1560875_%28simon_west%29.jpg/1280px-Reims_polar_2025_1560875_%28simon_west%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![présent lors de Reims Polar 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/3854092/gallery-080c90e18508.jpg) présent lors de Reims Polar 2025. — Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Simon_West_1560871.jpg/1280px-Simon_West_1560871.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![réalisateur et acteur du film "le Domaine" lors de Reims Polar 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/3854092/gallery-0853b9cdfd82.jpg) réalisateur et acteur du film "le Domaine" lors de Reims Polar 2025. — Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Simon_west_1561033_ReimsPolar.jpg/1280px-Simon_west_1561033_ReimsPolar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![réalisateur et acteur du film "le Domaine" lors de Reims Polar 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/3854092/gallery-0fbf4516afee.jpg) réalisateur et acteur du film "le Domaine" lors de Reims Polar 2025. — Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/ReimsPolar_Simon_west_1561048.jpg/1280px-ReimsPolar_Simon_west_1561048.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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