John Smith

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-01-01 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

John Smith

Biography

John Smith was born in Walthamstow, London in 1952 and studied film at the Royal College of Art, during which time he became a member of the London Filmmakers Co-op. Since 1972 Smith has made over fifty film, video and installation works that have been shown in independent cinemas, art galleries and on television around the world and awarded major prizes at many international film festivals. He received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists in 2011, and in 2013 he was the winner of Film London’s Jarman Award.

Acting

1994

Home Suite

as Himself

1987

The Black Tower

as (voice)

2024

Man number 4

as Voiceover

Production

2021

Covid Messages

as Director

1976

1978

Fan

as Director

2021

Record

as Director

1975

Faces

as Director

1987

Dungeness

as Director

1977

Gardner

as Director

2017

Jour de Fête

as Director

2016

Who Are We?

as Director

1979

Double Shutter

as Director

2012

Soft Work

as Director

1994

Home Suite

as Director

2019

1975

Leading Light

as Director

1991

Slow Glass

as Director

1996

Blight

as Director

2014

Dark Light

as Director

1986

Om

as Director

2012

Dad's Stick

as Director

2010

Flag Mountain

as Director

2011

1987

The Black Tower

as Director

1975

Associations

as Director

1992

Gargantuan

as Director

2005

2001

Lost Sound

as Director

1999

The Waste Land

as Director

1999

The Kiss

as Director

2003

1984

2016

Steve Hates Fish

as Director

1999

Regression

as Director

1979

Blue Bathroom

as Director

1978

Hackney Marshes

as Director

2018

Song For Europe

as Producer

2018

2018

Song For Europe

as Director

2018

2018

Song For Europe

as Cinematography

2014

White Hole

as Director

1973

The Hut

as Director

2024

Being John Smith

as Director

2019

A State of Grace

as Director

2011

2019

A State of Grace

as Screenplay

2019

A State of Grace

as Producer

2019

2019

1973

Someone Moving

as Director

1972

Triangles

as Director

1982

Shine So Hard

as Director

2021

Citadel

as Director

2021

Citadel

as Editor

2021

Citadel

as Producer

2021

Citadel

as Director of Photography

2020

Twice

as Director

2021

Citadel

as Sound

1987

2007

Hotel Diaries

as Director

1977

Summer Diary

as Director

1980

1978

7P

as Director

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