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Chris Smith (born 1970) is an American filmmaker. He directed American Movie, [1] which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. [2] Career. Smith completed his first film, American Job, while attending the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 's Graduate Film Program.
American Movie is a 1999 American documentary film directed by Chris Smith, produced by Smith and Sarah Price, and edited by Jun Diaz and Barry Poltermann. American Movie received generally positive reviews, and won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival .
Jul 18, 2021 · Filmmaker Chris Smith on ‘100 Foot Wave,’ Surfing and ‘Tiger King’. By. Addie Morfoot. Courtesy of HBO. Two decades after his breakthrough as a documentary filmmaker, Chris Smith is on...
May 8, 2024 · Filmmaker Chris Smith on the Need for Scam Docs Like ‘Hollywood Con Queen’: ‘They Help Educate People’. By Addie Morfoot. Apple TV+. In “ Hollywood Con Queen ,” director Chris Smith...
Jan 17, 2019 · Exactly 20 years ago this month, Chris Smith’s American Movie was a sensation at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the Grand Jury Prize in the documentary competition and the type of ...
Jan 21, 2024 · Jan 21, 2024 8:15am PT. Devo and Filmmaker Chris Smith on Their Sundance Doc: How the Band’s ‘Transgressive, Naughty’ Performance Art Infiltrated the Pop Mainstream. By Chris Willman. Janet...
Sep 3, 2008 · VENKATESH CHAVAN IN DIRECTOR CHRIS SMITH’S THE POOL. COURTESY VITAGRAPH FILMS. Chris Smith is an interesting conundrum, a filmmaker who brings a narrative verve and energy to his documentaries and approaches fiction films with the delicate restraint and remove of a documentarian. A graduate of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s ...
