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John Smithson

Producer, Director, Additional Credits
John Smithson is a British film and television producer. He is joint Creative Director of Arrow Media, based in London. Previously he was co-founder and chief executive of Darlow Smithson Productions. He works closely with top broadcasting commissioners in the UK, US and other key international operating territories around the world.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Modern British Slavery
Known For
  • 127 Hours
  • Touching the Void
  • Sherpa
  • Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
  • 9/11: The Falling Man
  • Deep Water
  • Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
  • I Shouldn't Be Alive
  • Clapham Junction
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • The Beckoning Silence
  • Children of God
  • River
  • Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
  • Ultimate Airport Dubai
  • Thrilla in Manila
  • Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande
  • Line of Fire: The Somme
  • Einstein's Big Idea
  • The Affair
  • Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real
  • Hitler: The Rise and Fall
  • 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers
  • The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler

Filmography

2021
2019
A Year of British Murder · as Executive Producer
2017
Man Made Planet: Earth from Space · as Executive Producer
2015
2014
2013
Ultimate Airport Dubai (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2012
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2011
2011
Curiosity (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2010
2010
What the Green Movement Got Wrong · as Executive Producer
2010
Atlas 4D (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2010
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2009
U Be Dead · as Executive Producer
2009
9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers · as Executive Producer
2008
Thrilla in Manila · as Executive Producer
2007
Futureshock: Comet · as Executive Producer
2007
The Beckoning Silence · as Executive Producer
2007
Clapham Junction · as Executive Producer
2006
2006
The Da Vinci Detective · as Executive Producer
2006
9/11: The Falling Man · as Executive Producer
2005
Line of Fire: The Somme · as Executive Producer
2005
I Shouldn't Be Alive (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2005
Einstein's Big Idea · as Executive Producer
2005
The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart · as Executive Producer
2004
Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real · as Executive Producer
2004
2003
2002
What Killed the Mega Beasts? · as Executive Producer
2000
Secret Agent (TV Series)
2000
Teenage Japanese Killers · as Executive Producer
1998
The Real .... (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1996
Survival in the Sky (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1996
Black Box (1996) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1996
The New Detectives (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1995
1994
1992
1990
Cutting Edge (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1989
1974
NOVA (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

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