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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Adaptation Biography:He may be British by birth, but the films of director "Simon West" carry more Hollywood gloss than ten of his Los Angeles-born peers. With such big-budget major studio efforts as "Con Air" (1997) and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001), the fledgling director has indeed proven his keen ability to shoot entertainingly jarring action scenes that place filmgoers in the eye of a frenzied storm of chaos with such gleeful abandon that he has become a solid staple in the "Michael Bay"/"Jerry Bruckheimer" cannon. His dramatic thriller "The General's Daughter" (1999) also hinted toward a growing sense of character and plot development. Born in the North Hertfordshire town of Letchworth, "West" began his cinematic career working for the BBC before receiving funding from the British Arts Council to produce the short film Dolly Mixtures in 1985. Soon courted by the advertising company Limelight London, "West" began... Full Biography
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