Simon Wincer (born 1943 in
Sydney) 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.