John Smith

Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1952, London, England, UK
Movies: 66

Director and artist. Born in 1952 in Walthamstow, London. He studied at the North East London Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art. Since 1972, Smith has made more than 60 films, videos, and installations, shown in independent cinemas, art galleries, museums, and on television around the world. In 2012, John Smith attended Message to Man as a jury member for the In Silico experimental film competition, and presented a retrospective of his work. Since then, Smith has participated in the Festival on several occasions. This year, two of his films have been included in the Prompted Reality special programme.

Best-Known Movies

6.7

The Girl Chewing Gum

1976

6.8

The Black Tower

1987

6.7

Blight

1996

6.5

Associations

1975

6.0

1986

5.9

Citadel

2021

6.4

Being John Smith

2024

7.6

Gargantuan

1992

5.3

Cinema16: British Short Films

2003

6.4

Dad's Stick

2012

Filmography

2024	Being John Smith	Self - Narrator (Voice)
2024	Man Number 4	Voiceover
2019	In Far Away Land
2011	Unusual Red Cardigan	Self
1999	Regression
1994	Home Suite	Himself
1987	The Black Tower	(voice)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2026	Two Pids	Director
2024	Being John Smith	Director
2021	Covid Messages	Director
2021	Record	Director
2021	Citadel	Director, Producer
2020	Twice	Director
2019	A State of Grace	Director, Screenplay, Producer
2019	The Camera, The Actor	Director
2018	Song For Europe	Producer, Director
2017	Jour de Fête	Director
2016	Steve Hates Fish	Director
2016	Who Are We?	Director
2014	Dark Light	Director
2014	White Hole	Director
2012	Horizon (Five Pounds a Belgian)	Director
2012	Dad's Stick	Director
2012	Soft Work	Director
2011	Unusual Red Cardigan	Director
2011	The Man Phoning Mum	Director
2010	Flag Mountain	Director
2007	Hotel Diaries	Director
2007	Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later	Director
2007	Hotel Diaries: Dirty Pictures	Director
2007	Hotel Diaries: Pyramids/Skunk	Director
2005	Hotel Diaries: B & B	Director
2004	Hotel Diaries: Museum Piece	Director
2004	Hotel Diaries: Throwing Stones	Director
2003	Cinema16: British Short Films	Director
2003	Worst Case Scenario	Director
2001	Hotel Diaries: Frozen War	Director
2001	Lost Sound	Director
1999	The Waste Land	Director
1999	The Kiss	Director
1999	Regression	Director
1996	Blight	Director
1994	Home Suite	Director
1992	Gargantuan	Director
1991	Slow Glass	Director
1987	Dungeness	Director
1987	The Black Tower	Director, Writer
1986	Om	Director
1984	Shepherd’s Delight	Director
1982	Shine So Hard	Director
1980	Celestial Navigation	Director
1979	Double Shutter	Director
1979	Blue Bathroom	Director
1978	Fan	Director
1978	Hackney Marshes	Director
1978	7P	Director
1977	Gardner	Director
1977	Hackney Marshes – November 4th 1977	Director
1977	Summer Diary	Director
1976	The Girl Chewing Gum	Director
1975	Faces	Director
1975	Leading Light	Director
1975	Associations	Director
1973	The Hut	Director
1973	Someone Moving	Director
1972	Triangles	Director

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