Simon West

Birth Name:

Simon West

Birth Place:

Letchworth, Herfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor

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․"

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