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Chris Smith

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn May 20, 1970 (54 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Pez Outlaw
  • The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
  • Animals
Known For
  • Fyre
  • Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
  • Tiger King
  • American Movie
  • The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
  • Wham!
  • Operation Varsity Blues
  • Mr. McMahon
  • Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.
  • Collapse
  • The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
  • 100 Foot Wave
  • Bitconned
  • Sr.
  • The Yes Men
  • The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
  • Biggest Heist Ever
  • Home Movie
  • 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas
  • Hollywood Con Queen
  • Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story
  • Animals

Filmography

2015
Jing-Ju Cats (TV Series) · as Cast
2014
The Lego Movie · as Various
2011
YooHoo & Friends (US) (TV Series) · as Father Time

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