John Smithson

John Smithson is a British film and television producer. He is joint 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 other key international operating territories around the world.

Family

John's brother is the well-known UK political blogger Mike Smithson.

Awards

1999, Smithson won the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Analysis of a Single Current Story for "Decoding the Nazis" .
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.
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 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 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 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 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.
2011, Smithson was nominated for the BAFTA Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for 127 Hours.
2011, Smithson won the 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 for 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" for 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"
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"

Filmography

“Rough Justice” (1987) (producer)
“Coded Hostile” (TV Movie) (1989) (producer)
Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) (producer)
“Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster” (1992) (producer)
“Everyman” (1993-1994) (producer)
“Children of God^{[disambiguation needed]}” (1994) (producer)
“The Affair” (1995) (producer)
“Survival in the Sky” (1996) (executive producer)
“Black Box^{[disambiguation needed]}” 1996-1998) (executive producer)
“Witness” (1997) (producer/executive producer)
“Crash^{[disambiguation needed]}” (1998) (executive producer)
“Mayday” (1999) (executive producer)
“Station X” (1999) (executive producer)
“Bootcamp^{[disambiguation needed]}” (1999) (executive producer)
“Blaze^{[disambiguation needed]}” (1999) (executive producer)
“Derail” (2000) (executive producer)
“Why Doctors Make Mistakes” (2000) (executive producer)
“Teenage Japanese Killers” (2000) (executive producer)
“Murder in Paradise” (2001) (executive producer)
“Why Men Leave” (2001) (executive producer)
“The Hollywood Machine” (2002) (executive producer)
“Lost Worlds^{[disambiguation needed]}” (2002) (executive producer)
“What Killed the Mega Beasts?” (2002) (executive producer)
“The New Detective: Case Studies in Forensic Science” (2002) (executive producer)
“The Real Casanova” (2003) (executive producer)
“Touching the Void” (2003) (producer)
“We Built This City: New York” (2003) (executive producer)
“We Built This City: London” (2003) (executive producer)
“Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande” (2004) (producer)
“The Last Dragon” (2004) (executive producer)
“Looking for Elizabeth” (2005) (executive producer)
“Einstein’s Big Idea” (2005) (executive producer)
“Nova” (2005) (executive producer)
“The Somme” (2005) (executive producer)
“9/11: The Falling Man” (2006) (executive producer)
“The Da Vinci Detective” (2006) (executive producer)
“Deep Water” (2006) (producer)
“Clapham Junction” (2007) (producer)
“The Beckoning Silence]” (2007) (executive producer)
“Impact Earth” (2007) (executive producer)
“Independent Lens” (2008) producer)
“We Built This City: Paris” (2008) (executive producer)
“Thrilla in Manila” (2008) (executive producer)
“The Diary of Anne Frank” (2009) (executive producer)
“Cutting Edge^{[disambiguation needed]}” (2009) (executive producer)
”9//11: Phone Calls from the Towers” (2009) (executive producer)
“U Be Dead” (2009) (executive producer)
“Masterpiece Classic” (2010) (executive producer)
“Stephen Hawking’s Universe” (2010) (executive producer)
“127 Hours” (2010) (producer)
“Atlas 4D” (2010) (executive producer)
“What the Green Movement Got Wrong” (2010) (executive producer)
“I Shouldn’t Be Alive” (2005-2011) (executive producer)
“Curiosity” (2011) (executive producer)
“9/11: Heroes of the 88th Floor: People Helping People” (2011) (executive producer)
“Stephen Hawking’s Grand Design” (2012) (executive producer)
“[[Dog’s: Their Secret Lives) (2013) (executive producer)
“Dog’s: Their Secret Lives Update” (2014) (executive producer)
“Mayday: The Passenger Who Landed a Plane” (2014) (executive producer)
“Dog’s: Their Secret Lives” (2014) (executive producer)
“Ultimate Airport Dubai” (2014) (executive producer)
“Sherpa” (2015) (producer)
“Secret History” (2016) (executive producer)
“Taking Flight Britain’s America’s Cup Challenge” (2016) (executive producer)
“Hitler the Rise and Fall” (2016) (creative director)
“Modern British Slavery” (2017) (creative director)

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