Claim: Music video director Simon West also directed Con Air, a movie where the inmates hijack an airplane and fly to Carson City.
Evidence: Con Air Yes Simon West (born 17 July 1961) is an English director and producer. After taking off, affable inmate Joe "Pinball" Parker incites a riot as a distraction and releases Grissom and Diamond Dog, who lead the takeover of the plane. The hijacking inmates plot to land at Carson Airport as scheduled, pick up and transfer other prisoners, and then fly to a non-extradition country. The plane arrives at Carson City and the inmate exchange commences, with the ground crew unaware that the hijackers are disguised as guards.