Brian Trenchard-Smith

Regie, Produzent, Autor, Darsteller

1. Juni 1946 (79 Jahre)
Brian Trenchard-Smith is an Anglo Australian film and television director, producer, and writer, with a reputation for large scale movies on small scale budgets, many of which display a quirky sense of humor that has earned him a cult following. Quentin Tarantino referred to him in Entertainment Weekly as one of his favorite directors. His early work is featured in Not Quite Hollywood, an award winning documentary released by Magnolia. Among his early successes were the 20th Century Fox release The Man from Hong Kong, a wry James Bond/Chop Sockey cocktail, the Vietnam battle movie Siege of Firebase Gloria, and the futuristic satire Dead End Drive-In, a particular Tarantino favorite. BMX Bandits, showcasing a 15-year old Nicole Kidman, and Miramax's The Quest, starring ET's Henry Thomas, won prizes at children's film festivals in Montreal and Europe. He has also directed 35 episodes of television series as diverse as Silk Stalkings, Time Trax, The Others, and Flipper. Born in England, where his Australian father was in the RAF, Trenchard-Smith attended UK's prestigious Wellington College, where he neglected studies in favor of acting and making short films, before migrating to Australia. He started as a news film editor, then graduated to network promos before he became one of a group of young people that, as he recalls, "pushed, shoved, lobbied and bullied the government into introducing investment for Australian made films." He persuaded Australia's largest distribution-exhibition circuit at the time, the Greater Union Theater Organization, to form an in-house production company that he would run. The company made three successful films in a row, and his career was underway. In parallel careers, he was also founding editor of Australia's quarterly Movie magazine for 6 years, and has made over 100 trailers for other directors in Australia, Europe, and America. Among his 39 movies, 5 were commissioned by Showtime, including the remake of the World War II classic, Sahara, the highly rated, Happy Face Murders, starring Ann-Margret, and DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, with Timothy Bottoms as President Bush. His frequently repeated family drama for Lifetime, Long Lost Son starring Gabrielle Anwar, introduced future Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford to audiences in the title role." I knew from his first scene, he was going to be hot." In 2009, Trenchard-Smith shot Porky's - The College Years, a re-imagining of the famous 80's franchise of teen comedies. His recent ecological thriller Arctic Blast, starring Michael Shanks, was chosen to premiere at the 2010 Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival in Sydney. Trenchard-Smith writes for filmindustrybloggers.com as The Genre Director, and is a contributing guru to trailersfromhell.com. He is married to Byzantine historian Dr. Margaret Trenchard-Smith, lives in Los Angeles, and is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Filme & Serien auf plex.tv

  • Leprechaun 3 - Tödliches Spiel in Las Vegas
    Leprechaun 3 - Tödliches Spiel in Las Vegas1995
  • Space Platoon
    Space Platoon1996
  • Drive Hard
    Drive Hard2014
  • Insel der Verdammten
    Insel der Verdammten1982
  • Ice Twister 2
    Ice Twister 22010
  • Crabs ...die Zukunft sind wir
    Crabs ...die Zukunft sind wir1986
  • Palm Beach Duo
    Palm Beach Duo8 Staffeln
  • Shark Attack - Sie lauern in der Tiefe!
    Shark Attack - Sie lauern in der Tiefe!2008
  • Der Mann von Hongkong
    Der Mann von Hongkong1975
  • Britannic - Das Schicksal des Schwesternschiffes der Titanic
    Britannic - Das Schicksal des Schwesternschiffes der Titanic2000
  • Elimination Game
    Elimination Game2014
  • Aztec Rex - Bestie aus der Urzeit
    Aztec Rex - Bestie aus der Urzeit2007
  • Long Lost Son
    Long Lost Son2006
  • Phantom Below
    Phantom Below2005
  • Stunt Rock
    Stunt Rock1978
  • White Panther - Der Schrei des Panthers
    White Panther - Der Schrei des Panthers1988
  • The Paradise Virus
    The Paradise Virus2003
  • Deathcheaters
    Deathcheaters1976

Bekannt aus

  • Leprechaun 3 - Tödliches Spiel in Las Vegas
    Leprechaun 3 - Tödliches Spiel in Las Vegas1995
  • Space Platoon
    Space Platoon1996
  • Night of the Demons 2
    Night of the Demons 21994
  • Die BMX-Bande
    Die BMX-Bande1983
  • Drive Hard
    Drive Hard2014
  • Insel der Verdammten
    Insel der Verdammten1982
  • Ice Twister 2
    Ice Twister 22010
  • Crabs ...die Zukunft sind wir
    Crabs ...die Zukunft sind wir1986
  • Sahara - Wüste des Todes
    Sahara - Wüste des Todes1995
  • The Firebase - Blutige Offensive
    The Firebase - Blutige Offensive1989
  • Megiddo - Das Ende der Welt
    Megiddo - Das Ende der Welt2001
  • Der Geisterjäger
    Der Geisterjäger1986
  • Absolute Deception
    Absolute Deception2013
  • Der Mann von Hongkong
    Der Mann von Hongkong1975
  • Britannic - Das Schicksal des Schwesternschiffes der Titanic
    Britannic - Das Schicksal des Schwesternschiffes der Titanic2000
  • Air Force 2
    Air Force 22006
  • Aztec Rex - Bestie aus der Urzeit
    Aztec Rex - Bestie aus der Urzeit2007
  • Escape Clause – Tödliche Rache
    Escape Clause – Tödliche Rache1996
  • DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
    DC 9/11: Time of Crisis2003
  • Chemistry
    Chemistry1 Staffel

Filmografie

2014
Elimination Game · as Executive Producerauf plex.tv
2013
2008
2006
2005
Tides of Warauf plex.tv
2003
1990
Demonstone · as Executive Producer
1987
1982
Bloodtide · as Co-Producer
1978
Stunt Rock · as Co-Producerauf plex.tv
1976
Deathcheatersauf plex.tv
1975
1974
1973

2014
Drive Hard · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
2002
2000
Britannicauf plex.tv
1987
1978
Stunt Rock · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1975
The Man from Hong Kong · as Screenplayauf plex.tv
1975
1974
1973

2017
2013
Absolute Deception · as Police Commissioner
1982
Escape 2000 · as Officer Arresting Paulauf plex.tv
1978
Hospitals Don't Burn Down! · as Voice Of Cleaner
1976
Deathcheaters · as Hit & Run Directorauf plex.tv
1975
The Man from Hong Kong · as Martial Arts Heavyauf plex.tv
1963
Tamahine · as Student

2020
2020
2019
2018
Frog Dreaming: Extended Interviews from 'Not Quite Hollywood' · as Self - Director Of 'frog Dreaming'
2017
2016
The Man from Hong Kong: Uncut 'Not Quite Hollywood' Interviews · as Self - Director Of 'the Man From Hong Kong'
2016
The Making of 'The Man from Hong Kong' · as Self - Director Of 'the Man From Hong Kong'
2010
2010
BMX Buddies: The Men Behind the Bandits · as Self - Director Of 'bmx Bandits'
2008
2008
2008
2006
1987
Dangerfreaks · as Self
1978
Stunt Rock · as Selfauf plex.tv
1975
The Man from Hong Kong: Premiere in Sydney, Australia · as Self - Director Of 'the Man From Hong Kong'
1974
The Man from Hong Kong: Jimmy Wang Yu in Australia · as Self - Director Of 'the Man From Hong Kong'
1973
The Stuntmen · as Self

2014
Elimination Game · as Inspired By: "turkey Shoot" Directed Byauf plex.tv
1996
The Last Bullet · as Screenplay By
1988
The Siege of Firebase Gloria · as Additional Dialogue
1988
Strike of the Panther · as Additional Dialogue
1988
Day of the Panther · as Additional Dialogueauf plex.tv
1976
Deathcheaters · as Storyauf plex.tv