Portrait of John Smith

Directing

John Smith

Career

Active from 1972 to 2026, busiest in 2007 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Black Tower
The Black Tower
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.8, average 4.8
  • Crime
    0.8, average 3.6
  • Romance
    1.0, average 3.8
  • Catharsis
    2.8, average 5.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Realism 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

60
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 60
Two Pids
Two Pids (2026)

Director

Being John Smith
Being John Smith (2024)

Director

Man Number 4
Man Number 4 (2024)

as Voiceover

Citadel
Citadel (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

Editor, Director

Record
Record (2021)

Director

Covid Messages
Covid Messages (2021)

Director

Twice
Twice (2020)

Director

2010s

14 titles
A State of Grace
A State of Grace (2019)

Director, Screenplay

The Camera, The Actor
The Camera, The Actor (2019)

Director

Song For Europe
Song For Europe (2018)

Director, Editor

Jour de Fête
Jour de Fête (2017)

Director

Steve Hates Fish
Steve Hates Fish (2016)

Director

Dark Light
Dark Light (2014)

Director

White Hole
White Hole (2014)

Director

Dad's Stick
Dad's Stick (2012)

Director

Horizon (Five Pounds a Belgian)
Horizon (Five Pounds a Belgian) (2012)

Director

Soft Work
Soft Work (2012)

Director

Unusual Red Cardigan
Unusual Red Cardigan (2011)

Director

Flag Mountain
Flag Mountain (2010)

Director

2000s

11 titles · average score 62
Hotel Diaries: Pyramids/Skunk
Hotel Diaries: Pyramids/Skunk (2007)

Director

Hotel Diaries: Dirty Pictures
Hotel Diaries: Dirty Pictures (2007)

Director

Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later
Hotel Diaries: Six Years Later (2007)

Director

Hotel Diaries
Hotel Diaries (2007)

Director

Hotel Diaries: B & B
Hotel Diaries: B & B (2005)

Director

Hotel Diaries: Museum Piece
Hotel Diaries: Museum Piece (2004)

Director

Hotel Diaries: Throwing Stones
Hotel Diaries: Throwing Stones (2004)

Director

Cinema16: British Short Films
Cinema16: British Short Films (2003)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Worst Case Scenario
Worst Case Scenario (2003)

Director

Hotel Diaries: Frozen War
Hotel Diaries: Frozen War (2001)

Director

Lost Sound
Lost Sound (2001)

Director

1990s

7 titles · average score 69
Regression
Regression (1999)

Director

The Kiss
The Kiss (1999)

Director

The Waste Land
The Waste Land (1999)

Director

Blight
Blight (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Home Suite
Home Suite (1994)

Director

Gargantuan
Gargantuan (1992)

Director

Slow Glass
Slow Glass (1991)

Director

1980s

6 titles · average score 66
The Black Tower
The Black Tower (1987)
GoodWatch score 70

as (voice)

Dungeness
Dungeness (1987)

Director

Om
Om (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

Shepherd’s Delight
Shepherd’s Delight (1984)

Director

Shine So Hard
Shine So Hard (1982)

Director

Celestial Navigation
Celestial Navigation (1980)

Director

1970s

15 titles · average score 67
Double Shutter
Double Shutter (1979)

Director

Blue Bathroom
Blue Bathroom (1979)

Director

Hackney Marshes
Hackney Marshes (1978)

Director

7P
7P (1978)

Director

Fan
Fan (1978)

Director

Hackney Marshes – November 4th 1977
Hackney Marshes – November 4th 1977 (1977)

Director

Summer Diary
Summer Diary (1977)

Director

The Girl Chewing Gum
The Girl Chewing Gum (1976)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Associations
Associations (1975)

Director

Leading Light
Leading Light (1975)

Director

Faces
Faces (1975)

Director

Triangles
Triangles (1972)

Director