Auteur

Simon West

Born 1961 · British film director

Simon Alexander West is an English filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the action genre, including as the director of Con Air (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), The Mechanic (2011), and The Expendables 2 (2012). Outside of action, he directed the mystery thriller film The General's Daughter (1999) and the psychological horror film When a Stranger Calls (2006).

Simon West, in order

  1. 1987 Never Gonna Give You Up (short film): directed
  2. 1997 Con Air: directed · critics 59%, audiences 75%
  3. 1999 The General's Daughter: directed · critics 22%, audiences 46% · streaming on Hoopla
  4. 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: directed, wrote · critics 21%, audiences 47% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  5. 2006 When a Stranger Calls: directed · critics 8%, audiences 44% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo, Pluto TV
  6. 2011 The Mechanic: directed · critics 54%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  7. 2012 Stolen: directed · critics 18%, audiences 34% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Plex
  8. 2012 The Expendables 2: directed · critics 68%, audiences 67%
  9. 2013 The Saint (TV movie): directed
  10. 2015 Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn: produced · directed by Krisztian Majdik and Zebediah De Soto
  11. 2015 Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues: directed · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV
  12. 2015 Wild Card: directed · critics 30%, audiences 29% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
  13. 2017 Salty: directed, produced · critics 0%, audiences 37% · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex, Tubi
  14. 2017 Stratton: directed · critics 0%, audiences 23% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Plex
  15. 2019 Skyfire: directed · critics 57%, audiences 31% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Pluto TV
  16. 2022 Boundless (TV series): directed · audiences 76% · streaming on Prime Video
  17. 2024 Old Guy: directed · critics 26%, audiences 93% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  18. 2025 Bride Hard: directed · critics 14%, audiences 58% · streaming on Hulu
  19. 2025 The Legend Hunters: directed
  20. Fortitude: directed · streaming on Pluto TV, Tubi