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{{Short description|British film and television producer}}
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[[File:John Smithson (8280947337) (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|John Smithson at the [[Peabody Award|69th Annual Peabody Awards]]]]

'''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.
'''John Smithson''' (born March 1952) is a British film and television producer.


==Family==
==Family==
John's brother is the well-known UK political blogger [[Mike Smithson (politics)|Mike Smithson]].
John's brother is the political blogger [[Mike Smithson (politics)|Mike Smithson]].

Together with [[David Darlow (film producer)|David Darlow]] he co-founded the production company [[Darlow Smithson Productions]] in 1988. In June 2002 Smithson acquired full control and bought out Darlow's 50% stake.<ref>''[https://www.c21media.net/rdf-producer-heads-to-darlow-smithson/ RDF producer heads to Darlow Smithson]''. In: c21media.net, 27 July 2004.</ref> A month later Darlow left the company.

Smithson later became joint Creative Director of Arrow Media, based in London. He works closely with top broadcasting commissioners in the UK, US and other key international operating territories around the world.


==Awards==
==Awards==
*2004, Smithson won the [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film]] for ''[[Touching the Void]]''.
*1999, Smithson won the [[News & Documentary Emmy Award]] for Analysis of a Single Current Story for "[[Decoding the Nazis]]" .
*2004, Smithson won the [[BAFTA Award for Best British Film|Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film]] for ''[[Touching the Void (film)|Touching the Void]]''.
*2004, Smithson won the [[British Independent Film Award]] for Best British Documentary for ''Touching the Void''.
*2004, Smithson won the [[British Independent Film Award]] for Best British Documentary for ''Touching the Void''.
*2004, Smithson won the [[Evening Standard British Film Award]] Best Film Award 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).
*2005, Smithson was nominated for an [[Emmy]] for ''[[The Last Dragon]]'' in the category of Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More).
*2005, Smithson was nominated for the [[Online Film & Television Association]] Best Documentary Award for "Touching the Void"
*2007, Smithson was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award]] for ''[[9/11: The Falling Man]]'' in the category of Flaherty Documentary Award.
*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 [[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 (film)|Deep Water]]''.
*2007, Smithson won the [[Grierson Award]] for Best Cinema Documentary for ''[[Deep Water (2006 film)|Deep Water]]''
*2007, Smithson won the [[Focal Award]] for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Documentary or Film for [[Deep Water (film)|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 [[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''
*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]]''.
*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 was nominated for [[BAFTA TV Award]] for Best Single Documentary for ''The Beckoning Silence''.
*2009, Smithson won the [[Banff World Media Festival#Awards|Banff Television Festival Award]] for Best Sports Documentary for ''[[Thriller in Manila]]''.
*2009, Smithson was nominated for the [[BAFTA TV Award]] for Best Single Documentary Award for ''Thrilla in Manilla''.
*2009, Smithson was nominated for the [[Sundance Film Festival]] Grand Jury Prize for ''Thrilla in Manilla'' World Cinema - Documentary
*2009, Smithson won the [[Banff World Media Festival#Awards|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''.
*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 won the ''George Foster'' [[Peabody Award]] for ''Thriller in Manila''.
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*2010, Smithson was nominated for [[International Emmy Award]] for Best Documentary for ''[[9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers]]''.
*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 [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Motion Picture of the year for ''[[127 Hours]]''.
*2011, Smithson was nominated for an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Motion Picture of the year for ''[[127 Hours]]''.
*2011, Smithson was nominated for the [[BAFTA Alexander Korda Award]] for Best British Film for ''127 Hours''.
*2011, Smithson won the [[American Film Institute|AFI Awards]] Movie of the Year Award for ''127 Hours''.
*2011, Smithson was nominated for [[News & Documentary Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Historical Programming for ''[[Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking]]'', episode "Time Travel".
*2012, Smithson was nominated for [[News & Documentary Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form for ''9/11: Heroes of the 88th Floor: People Helping People''.
*2012, Smithson was nominated for an [[Emmy]] for Outstanding Science and Technology Programming for ''[[Curiosity (TV series)|Curiosity]], episode "Did God Create the Universe".
*2015, Smithson was nominated for an [[Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award]] for Best Feature Length Documentary for ''[[Sherpa (film)|Sherpa]]''.
*2015, Smithson won the [[London Film Festival]] Grierson Award for Best Documentary Film for ''Sherpa''.
*2016, Smithson won the [[Film Critics Australia Award]] for the Best Feature Length Documentary for ''Sherpa''.
*2016, Smithson was nominated for [[BAFTA Film Awards]] for the Best Documentary Award for ''Sherpa''.


==Selected filmography==
==Filmography==
# ''[[Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy]]'' (1989) (producer)
* ''[[Rough Justice (British TV series)|Rough Justice]]'' (TV series, 1987) (producer, 2 episodes)
# ''[[Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster]]'' (1992) (producer)
* ''[[Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy]]'' (1989) (producer)
# ''[[Family International|Children of God]]'' (1994) (director & producer)
* ''[[Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster]]'' (1992) (producer)
# ''[[The Affair (1995 film)|The Affair]]'' (1995) (producer)
* ''[[Everyman (TV series)|Everyman]]'' (TV series, 1993-1994) (producer, 3 episodes)
# ''[[Black Box (TV documentary)|Black Box]]'' (1998) (executive producer)
* ''[[The Affair (1995 film)|The Affair]]'' (1995) (producer)
# ''[[Station X (TV documentary)|Station X]]'' (1999) (executive producer)
* ''[[Survival in the Sky|Black Box]]'' (TV series, 1996) (executive producer, 6 episodes)
# ''[[Teenage Japanese Killers]]'' (2000) (executive producer)
* "[[Station X (TV documentary)|Station X]]" (TV documentary, 1999) (executive producer)
# ''[[What Killed the Mega Beasts?]]'' (2002) (executive producer)
* ''[[Touching the Void (film)|Touching the Void]]'' (2003) (producer)
# ''[[Touching the Void (film)|Touching the Void]]'' (2003) (producer)
* ''[[Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande]]'' (2004) (producer)
# ''[[The Last Dragon (2004 TV series)|The Last Dragon]]'' (2004) (executive producer)
* ''[[The Last Dragon (2004 film)|The Last Dragon]]'' (2004) (executive producer)
# ''[[Touching the Void (film)|Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande]]'' (2004) (producer)
* ''[[9/11: The Falling Man]]'' (2006) (executive producer)
# ''[[The Somme]]'' (2005) (executive producer)
* ''[[Deep Water (2006 film)|Deep Water]]'' (2006) (producer)
# ''[[E=mc² (film)|E=mc²]]'' (2005) (executive producer)
* ''[[Clapham Junction (film)|Clapham Junction]]'' (2007) (producer)
# ''[[Looking for Elizabeth]]'' (2005) (executive producer)
* ''[[The Beckoning Silence]]'' (2007) (executive producer)
* ''[[Independent Lens]]'' (TV series, 2008) (producer, episode "[[Deep Water (2006 film)|Deep Water]]")
# ''[[I Shouldn't Be Alive]]'' (2005–2006) (executive producer)
# ''[[9/11: The Falling Man]]'' (2006) (executive producer)
* ''Thrilla in Manila'' (2008) (executive producer)
# ''[[Deep Water (film)|Deep Water]]'' (2006) (producer)
* ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 miniseries)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' (TV series, 2009) (executive producer, 5 episodes)
# ''[[Alive (2006 film)|Alive]]'' (2006) (executive producer)
* ''[[9//11: Phone Calls from the Towers]]'' (TV documentary, 2009) (executive producer)
# ''[[Clapham Junction (film)|Clapham Junction]]'' (2007) (executive producer)
* ''[[U Be Dead]]'' (2009) (executive producer)
# ''[[The Beckoning Silence]]'' (2007) (executive producer)
* ''[[Masterpiece Classic]]'' (TV series, 2010) (executive producer, episode " The Diary of Anne Frank")
# ''[[Cutting Edge (Channel 4 TV series)|Cutting Edge: Killer in a Small Town]]'' (2008) (executive producer)
* ''[[Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking]]'' (TV series, 2010) (executive producer, episode "Time Travel")
# ''[[U Be Dead]]'' (2009) (executive producer)
* ''[[127 Hours]]'' (2010) (producer)
# ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 miniseries)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' (2009) (executive producer)
* ''[[Curiosity (TV series)|Curiosity]]'' (TV series, 2011) (executive producer, episode " Did God Create the Universe?")
# ''[[Thriller in Manila]]'' (2009) (executive producer)
* ''[[Stephen Hawking's Grand Design]]'' (TV series, 2012) (executive producer, 3 episodes)
# ''[[9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers]]'' (2009) (executive producer)
* ''Dog's: Their Secret Lives'' (TV series, 2013) (executive producer, 4 episodes)
# ''[[Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking]]'' (2010) (executive producer)
* ''[[Ultimate Airport Dubai]]'' (TV series, 2014) (executive producer, 19 episodes)
# ''[[127 Hours]]'' (2010) (producer)
* ''[[Sherpa (film)|Sherpa]]'' (2015) (producer)
* ''[[Secret History (TV series)|Secret History]]'' (TV series, 2016) (creative director / executive producer, 2 episodes)
* ''[[Hitler: The Rise and Fall]]'' (TV series, 2016) (creative director, 6 episodes)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0810478}}
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810478/
*http://www.arrowmedia.com
* [http://www.arrowmedia.com arrowmedia.com]

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Revision as of 10:57, 23 July 2024

For the American college administrator, see John Smithson (university president).

John Smithson at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards

John Smithson (born March 1952) is a British film and television producer.

Family

John's brother is the political blogger Mike Smithson.

Together with David Darlow he co-founded the production company Darlow Smithson Productions in 1988. In June 2002 Smithson acquired full control and bought out Darlow's 50% stake.[1] A month later Darlow left the company.

Smithson later became joint Creative Director of Arrow Media, based in London. He works closely with top broadcasting commissioners in the UK, US and other key international operating territories around the world.

Awards

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ RDF producer heads to Darlow Smithson. In: c21media.net, 27 July 2004.
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