Chris Smith(II)
- Director
- Producer
- Cinematographer
Chris Smith was born in 1970. He is known for Tiger King (2020), Fyre (2019) and Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017).
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 9 wins & 18 nominations total
Known for
Credits
Director
- 2024
Producer
- 2024
- 2024
- Untitled Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan Docuseries
- executive producer
- Pre-production
- TV Mini Series
- 2024
- 2024
- 2021–2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021
- 2020–2021
- 2021
- 2021
- The Boy Who Sold the World
- producer
- 2020
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
Cinematographer
Personal details
- Official site
- Alternative names
- Chris
- Born
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaAttended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Graduate Film Program in 1995, having just completed his film American Job. Chris met Mark Borchardt 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 won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. Sony bought the picture for $1 million.
- QuotesOn taking American Movie (1999) to the Sundance festival: "It was our film and Blair Witch that people were talking about by midweek. At one point the film's price went up half-a-million dollars in 10 minutes. It was insane."
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