Simon Wincer (born 1943) is an Australian film and television director, who has worked extensively in both Australia and the United States since the early 1970's. He is a two-time AACTA/AFI Award nominee for Best Direction, for the films Harlequin (1980) and Phar Lap (1983), and won a Primetime Emmy Award for directing the miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989). (Via Wikipedia)