Chris Smith
Directing
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- — Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Won
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Chris Smith (born in 20 May 1970; Rahway) is an American film documentary director, cameraman, producer, writer, and editor. He is best known for directing American Movie, which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
Smith completed his first film, American Job, while attending the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee's Graduate Film Program. Chris met Mark Borchardt (the subject of American Movie) while editing American Job, and began filming a documentary about the making of Mark's psychological thriller Coven. Both films played at the Sundance Film Festival, and American Movie was bought by Sony Pictures for $1 million.
Chris Smith's directing credits include: Collapse (2009), The Pool (2007), The Yes Men (2003), Home Movie (2001), American Movie (1999), and American Job (1996). He is signed to Smuggler for representation.
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Filmography
Directing
25 credits
Mr. McMahon
Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult
100 Foot Wave
American Movie
Hollywood Con Queen
Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.
WHAM!
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever
"Sr."
Wilder
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Fyre
Branson
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Collapse
Biggest Heist Ever
Home Movie
DEVO
Untitled John Hughes Documentary
The Pool
The Yes Men
American Job
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Producing
31 credits
Tiger King
Mr. McMahon
Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult
100 Foot Wave
American Movie
Hollywood Con Queen
Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam
WHAM!
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever
Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Wilder
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
'Twas the Fight Before Christmas
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Fyre
Bitconned
This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Collapse
The Pez Outlaw
Untitled Andre Agassi Documentary Series
Suffering and Smiling
Untitled John Hughes Documentary
The Yes Men
Never Get Busted!
Animals
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
The Oxy Kingpins
Caesar's Park
The Boy Who Sold The World
Writing
9 credits
Mr. McMahon
100 Foot Wave
Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story
Fyre
Branson
The Pool
American Job
Other credits
5 credits
Acting
4 credits
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