Simon West Biography

Fast Facts

• Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2007
• Began directing music videos in the late 1980s, including videos for the songs "Respectable by Mel and Kim, and Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up․"
• Career in the film industry began as a film editor for the BBC in London
• Quote: "I always think that action is best if it's logical and follows cause and effect․"
• Was intended to direct 2001's "Black Hawk Down" before leaving the project to direct "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider․"