Chris Smith

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-05-20 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Rahway, New Jersey, USA

Chris Smith

Biography

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 ...

Acting

2022

"Sr."

as Self

Production

2003

The Yes Men

as Director

2003

The Yes Men

as Producer

2009

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as Director

1999

American Movie

as Director

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Wilder

as Director

-

Wilder

as Producer

1996

American Job

as Writer

1996

American Job

as Director

2014

Animals

as Producer

2021

2022

"Sr."

as Director

2024

DEVO

as Director

1999

American Movie

as Director of Photography

1999

American Movie

as Producer

2024

Bitconned

as Producer

2022

"Sr."

as Director of Photography

2022

The Pez Outlaw

as Executive Producer

2009

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as Director of Photography

2015

Working Class Heroes

as Second Assistant Camera

2009

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as Producer

1997

The Big One

as Director of Photography

2008

The Pool

as Director

2008

The Pool

as Writer

2001

Home Movie

as Director

2021

Twisted House Sitter

as Steadicam Operator

2000

Caesar's Park

as Producer

2023

WHAM!

as Director

2024

DEVO

as Camera Operator

2023

WHAM!

as Producer

2019

Fyre

as Writer

2019

Fyre

as Producer

2019

Fyre

as Director

2021

The Oxy Kingpins

as Executive Producer

2013

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

as Executive Producer

2006

Suffering and Smiling

as Executive Producer

2024

2025

Never Get Busted!

as Executive Producer

2025

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