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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
Being John Smith
Director (Directing)
2024
Man Number 4
as Voiceover
2024
Covid Messages
Director (Directing)
2021
Record
Director (Directing)
2021
Citadel
Director (Directing)
2021
Twice
Director (Directing)
2020
A State of Grace
Director (Directing)
2019
The Camera, The Actor
Director (Directing)
2019
In Far Away Land
2019
Song For Europe
Director (Directing)
2018
Jour de Fête
Director (Directing)
2017
Steve Hates Fish
Director (Directing)
2016
Who Are We?
Director (Directing)
2016
Dark Light
Director (Directing)
2014
White Hole
Director (Directing)
2014
Horizon (Five Pounds a Belgian)
Director (Directing)
2012
Dad's Stick
Director (Directing)
2012
Soft Work
Director (Directing)
2012
Unusual Red Cardigan
as Self
2011
The Man Phoning Mum
Director (Directing)
2011
Flag Mountain
Director (Directing)
2010
Hotel Diaries
Director (Directing)
2007
Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later
Director (Directing)
2007
Hotel Diaries: Pyramids/Skunk
Director (Directing)
2007
Hotel Diaries: Dirty Pictures
Director (Directing)
2007
Hotel Diaries: B & B
Director (Directing)
2005
Hotel Diaries: Museum Piece
Director (Directing)
2004
Hotel Diaries: Throwing Stones
Director (Directing)
2004
Cinema16: British Short Films
Director (Directing)
2003
Worst Case Scenario
Director (Directing)
2003
Hotel Diaries: Frozen War
Director (Directing)
2001
Lost Sound
Director (Directing)
2001
Regression
1999
The Waste Land
Director (Directing)
1999
The Kiss
Director (Directing)
1999
Blight
Director (Directing)
1996
Home Suite
as Himself
1994
Gargantuan
Director (Directing)
1992
Slow Glass
Director (Directing)
1991
The Black Tower
as (voice)
1987
Dungeness
Director (Directing)
1987
Om
Director (Directing)
1986
Shepherd’s Delight
Director (Directing)
1984
Shine So Hard
Director (Directing)
1982
Celestial Navigation
Director (Directing)
1980
Double Shutter
Director (Directing)
1979
Blue Bathroom
Director (Directing)
1979
Fan
Director (Directing)
1978
Hackney Marshes
Director (Directing)
1978
7P
Director (Directing)
1978