Simon West is a British born and Hollywood based film director and producer. His films include Con Air starring Nicholas Cage, The General's Daughter starring John Travolta and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie. West is the only live action director ever whose first three films all grossed over $100m at the US box office. West also served as an executive producer on the Oscar nominated Black Hawk Down. He directed the action packed remake of The Mechanic starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster and The Expendables 2 starring almost every action star in the movie world. West is currently in post production on his first Chinese movie SkyFire, the first story of volcano on the Chinese-language screen, which is initiated by a Chinese production company and teaming with the world’s top creatives.