Simon Wincer is an Australian director and producer of film and television. He attended Cranbrook School, Sydney, from 1950 to 1961. On leaving school he worked as a stagehand at TV Station Channel 7. By the 1980s he had directed over 200 hours of television. In 1986 he directed the telemovie The Last Frontier and also won a Christopher Award. His other projects include Lightning Jack (1994), The Phantom (1996), The Young Black Stallion (2003) and The Cup (2011).