Chris Smith(II)

Director
Producer
Cinematographer

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Among the eccentrics and cult personalities in the stranger-than-fiction world of big cat owners, few stand out more than Joe Exotic, a mulleted, gun-toting polygamist and country western singer who presides over an Oklahoma roadside zoo. Charismatic but misguided, Joe and an unbelievable cast of characters including drug kingpins, conmen, and cult leaders all share a passion for big cats, and the status and attention their dangerous menageries garner. But things take a dark turn when Carole Baskin, an animal activist and owner of a big cat sanctuary, threatens to put them out of business, stoking a rivalry that eventually leads to Joe's arrest for a murder-for-hire plot, and reveals a twisted tale where the only thing more dangerous than a big cat is its owner.

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Au royaume des fauves (2020–2021)

Chris Smith was born on 20 May 1970 in Rahway, New Jersey, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Au royaume des fauves (2020), Fyre : Le meilleur festival qui n'a jamais eu lieu (2019) and Jim et Andy (2017).

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 10 wins & 19 nominations total

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Known for

Joe Exotic in Au royaume des fauves (2020)

Au royaume des fauves

7.5

TV Series

Producer

Fyre : Le meilleur festival qui n'a jamais eu lieu (2019)

Fyre : Le meilleur festival qui n'a jamais eu lieu

7.2

Director

2019

Jim Carrey in Jim et Andy (2017)

7.6

Director

2017

Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank in American Movie (1999)

7.8

Director

1999

Credits

Director

100 Foot Wave
8.1
TV Series
- Director
- 2021–2025
Don't Die : L'homme qui voulait être éternel
6.1
- Director
- 2025
Le Cyber-casse du siècle
6.1
- Director (directed by)
- 2024
Mr. McMahon: Gourou du catch
7.7
TV Series
- Director
- 2024
Hollywood Con Queen
6.5
TV Series
- Director
- 2024
Devo
7.3
- Director
- 2024
Wham!
7.5
- Director
- 2023
Branson
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2022
Robert Downey Sr., le père
7.2
- Director (directed by)
- 2022
Bad Vegan: Arnaque au menu
5.9
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2022
Varsity Blues: Le scandale des admissions universitaires
6.9
- Director (directed by)
- 2021
La disparition de Maddie McCann
6.6
TV Mini Series
- Director (directed by)
- 2019
Fyre : Le meilleur festival qui n'a jamais eu lieu
7.2
- Director
- 2019
Jim et Andy
7.6
- Director
- 2017
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7.7
- Director
- 2009

Producer

100 Foot Wave
8.1
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2021–2025
Never Get Busted!
8.4
TV Movie
- executive producer (as Christopher Smith)
- 2025
Don't Die : L'homme qui voulait être éternel
6.1
- producer
- 2025
Le Cyber-casse du siècle
6.1
- producer (produced by)
- 2024
Mr. McMahon: Gourou du catch
7.7
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2024
Hollywood Con Queen
6.5
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2024
Skywalkers d'amour et de vertige
7.1
- producer
- 2024
Les Escrocs de la Crypto
6.5
- executive producer
- 2024
Wham!
7.5
- producer
- 2023
Le Mystère Marilyn Monroe: Conversations inédites
6.2
- executive producer
- 2022
Bad Vegan: Arnaque au menu
5.9
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2022
The Pez Outlaw
6.9
- executive produced by
- 2022
Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story
6.2
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2021
La bataille de Noël
6.3
- executive producer
- 2021
Au royaume des fauves
7.5
TV Series
- executive producer
- 2020–2021

Cinematographer

Don't Die : L'homme qui voulait être éternel
6.1
- Cinematographer
- 2025
100 Foot Wave
8.1
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 2023
Robert Downey Sr., le père
7.2
- Cinematographer
- 2022
Collapse
7.7
- Cinematographer
- 2009
The Pool
7.2
- Cinematographer (photographed by)
- 2007
I'm Bobby
7.7
Short
- Cinematographer
- 2004
The Yes Men
6.8
- Cinematographer
- 2003
American Movie
7.8
- Cinematographer
- 1999
The Big One
7.1
- director of photography
- 1997
American Job
7.3
- Cinematographer
- 1996

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The Disappearance Of Madeleine Mccann

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Personal details

Official sites
- Chris Smith Net Worth
- Instagram
Alternative names
- Chris
Born
- May 20, 1970
- Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview

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Trivia
Attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Graduate Film Program in 1995, having just completed his film American Job. Chris met Mark Borchardt 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 won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. Sony bought the picture for $1 million.

Quotes
On taking American Movie (1999) to the Sundance festival: "It was our film and Blair Witch that people were talking about by midweek. At one point the film's price went up half-a-million dollars in 10 minutes. It was insane."

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