John Smithson
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John Smithson is a British film and television producer. He is 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 around the world.
Family
John's brother is the well-known UK political blogger Mike Smithson.
Awards
- 2004, Smithson won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for Touching the Void.
- 2004, Smithson won the British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary for Touching the Void.
- 2005, Smithson was nominated for an Emmy for The Last Dragon in the category of Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More).
- 2007, Smithson was nominated for a BAFTA Award for 9/11: The Falling Man in the category of Flaherty Documentary Award.
- 2007, Smithson won the New York Festival World Gold Medal for Feature-Length Documentary for 9/11: The Falling Man.
- 2007, Smithson won the Grierson Award for Best Cinema Documentary for Deep Water.
- 2007, Smithson won the Focal Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Documentary or Film for Deep Water.
- 2007, Smithson won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Documentary for Deep Water.
- 2007, Smithson won the Rome International Film Festival award for Best Cinema Documentary Deep Water.
- 2008, Smithson won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary for The Beckoning Silence.
- 2009, Smithson was nominated for BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Documentary for The Beckoning Silence.
- 2009, Smithson won the Banff Television Festival Award for Best Sports Documentary for Thriller in Manila.
- 2009, Smithson won the Grierson Award for Best Historical Documentary for Thriller in Manila.
- 2010, Smithson won the George Foster Peabody Award for Thriller in Manila.
- 2010, Smithson was nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming for Thriller in Manila.
- 2010, Smithson was nominated for International Emmy Award for Best Documentary for 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers.
- 2011, Smithson was nominated for an Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the year for 127 Hours.
Filmography
- Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) (producer)
- Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992) (producer)
- The Affair (1995) (producer)
- "Black Box" (1998) (executive producer)
- Station X (1999) (executive producer)
- Teenage Japanese Killers (2000) (executive producer)
- What Killed the Mega Beasts? (2002) (executive producer)
- Touching the Void (2003) (producer)
- The Last Dragon (2004) (executive producer)
- Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande (2004) (producer)
- The Somme (2005) (executive producer)
- E=mc² (2005) (executive producer)
- Looking for Elizabeth (2005) (executive producer)
- "I Shouldn't Be Alive" (2005–2006) (executive producer)
- 9/11: The Falling Man (2006) (executive producer)
- Deep Water (2006) (producer)
- "Alive" (2006) (executive producer)
- Clapham Junction (2007) (executive producer)
- The Beckoning Silence (2007) (executive producer)
- Cutting Edge: Killer in a Small Town (2008) (executive producer)
- U Be Dead (2009) (executive producer)
- "The Diary of Anne Frank" (2009) (executive producer)
- Thriller in Manila (2009) (executive producer)
- 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers (2009) (executive producer)
- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010) (executive producer)
- 127 Hours (2010) (producer)
