Chris Smith
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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Films (35)
Rob Lowe: The Outsider
2026 · Director, Producer
Wilder
2026 · Director, Producer
Le Veuf : Jusqu'à ce que la mort...
2026 · Director
Daylight
2026 · Executive Producer
Never Get Busted!
2025 · Executive Producer
Don't Die : L'homme qui voulait être éternel
2025 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Le Cyber-casse du siècle
2024 · Director
DEVO
2024 · Director, Camera Operator
Les Escrocs de la crypto
2024 · Producer
LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2022
2023 · Director
Wham!
2023 · Director, Producer
The Pez Outlaw
2022 · Executive Producer
Robert Downey Sr., le père
2022 · Self, Director, Director of Photography
Le Mystère Marilyn Monroe : Conversations inédites
2022 · Executive Producer
La Bataille de Noël
2021 · Executive Producer
Confessions d'une mythomane
2021 · Steadicam Operator
Varsity Blues : Le scandale des admissions universitaires
2021 · Producer, Director
The Oxy Kingpins
2021 · Executive Producer
The Boy Who Sold The World
2020 · Producer
FYRE : Le meilleur festival qui n'a jamais eu lieu
2018 · Producer, Director
Jim et Andy
2017 · Director, Producer
Working Class Heroes
2015 · Second Assistant Camera
Animals
2014 · Producer
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
2013 · Executive Producer
St. Trinian's 2
2009 · Executive Producer
Collapse
2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer
The Pool
2007 · Director, Writer
Suffering and Smiling
2006 · Executive Producer
The Yes Men
2003 · Director, Producer
Home Movie
2001 · Director
Caesar's Park
2000 · Producer
American Movie
1999 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
The Big One
1997 · Director of Photography
American Job
1996 · Director, Writer
Untitled John Hughes Documentary
· Director, Producer
Séries (12)
El Culto de los Bellos
2026 · Executive Producer, Director
450 kg de Dynamite
2026 · Executive Producer
L'Escroc d'Hollywood : paillettes, glamour et bluff
2025 · Executive Producer
Mr. McMahon : Gourou du catch
2024 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
Hollywood et la reine de l’arnaque
2024 · Executive Producer, Director
Branson
2022 · Director, Creator
Bad Vegan : Arnaque au menu
2022 · Director, Creator
Tiger King : Le cas Doc Antle
2021 · Executive Producer, Creator
La vague de 30 mètres
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator
Au Royaume des fauves
2020 · Executive Producer
La disparition de Maddie McCann
2019 · Director, Creator
Untitled Andre Agassi Documentary Series
· Executive Producer