1961 - Today
Simon Alexander West (born 17 July 1961) is an English film director and producer. He has primarily worked in the action genre, most notably as the director of the films Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic, and The Expendables 2. Outside of action, he also directed the films The General's Daughter and When a Stranger Calls. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon West has received more than 684,371 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon West is the 1,116th most popular film director (down from 1,067th in 2019), the 3,827th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,788th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Simon West ranks 1,116 out of 1,581. Before him are Walter Lassally, Oleg Sentsov, John M. Stahl, Barry Ackroyd, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, and Pilar Miró. After him are Dariusz Wolski, Alan Ball, Luis Alcoriza, Liviu Ciulei, Barbara Hammer, and John Musker.
1926 - 2017
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 1,110
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 1,111
1886 - 1950
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 1,112
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 1,113
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 1,114
1940 - 1997
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 1,115
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 1,116
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 1,117
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 1,118
1918 - 1992
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 1,119
1923 - 2011
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 1,120
1939 - 2019
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 1,121
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 1,122
Among people born in 1961, Simon West ranks 253. Before him are Steven Moffat, Imad Khamis, Hany Abu-Assad, Christian Ntsay, Chendo, and Arnór Guðjohnsen. After him are Toni Nadal, George Wassouf, José Luis Mendilibar, Nancy Travis, José Luis Cuciuffo, and Catherine Oxenberg.
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 247
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 248
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 249
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 250
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 251
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 252
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 253
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 254
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 255
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 256
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 257
1961 - 2004
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 258
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 259
Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 3,827 out of 7,765. Before him are Mark Haddon (1962), Trevor Bolder (1950), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Giuseppe Wilson (1945), John Farnham (1949), and George Hadley (1685). After him are Ron Geesin (1943), Gavin Rossdale (1965), Jane Lapotaire (1944), Frederick Keeping (1867), Harold Mahony (1867), and Rick Allen (1963).
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 3,821
1950 - 2013
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,822
1735 - 1800
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,823
1945 - 2022
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,824
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,825
1685 - 1768
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 3,826
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 3,827
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 3,828
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 3,829
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 3,830
1867 - 1950
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 3,831
1867 - 1905
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 3,832
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 3,833
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 83. Before him are Martin McDonagh (1970), Joe Wright (1972), Duncan Jones (1971), John Grierson (1898), Tom Hooper (1972), and Barry Ackroyd (1954). After him are Freddie Francis (1917), Mark Herman (1954), Anthony Harvey (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), Richard Eyre (1943), and Douglas Slocombe (1913).
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 77
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 78
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 79
1898 - 1972
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 80
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 81
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 82
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 83
1917 - 2007
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 84
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 85
1930 - 2017
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 86
1927 - 2011
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 87
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 88
1913 - 2016
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 89