Smith, S. Douglas

(Steven Smith, Steven D. Smith, Steven Douglas Smith)

PERSONAL

Married; children: one daughter. Education: University of California, San Diego, B.A., media and communications; University of Southern California, M.F.A., film production.

Addresses: Agent— Grant, Savic, Kopaloff and Associates, 6399 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 414, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Cinematographer, camera operator, producer, and photographer. University of Southern California, guest lecturer. Ruby's (restaurant), Woodland Hills, CA, limited partner.

Member: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts.

Awards, Honors: Kodak Visionary Award, for work on No Easy Way.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada (documentary; also known as Mama of Dada), c. 1993.

The Succubus, 1993.

(As Steven Smith) Mrs. Greer (short film), 1994.

Cold Ground (short film), 1996.

Joyride, High Fliers Distribution/Live Entertainment/Live Film & Media works/Showcase Entertainment, 1996.

No Easy Way, Red Communications, 1996.

The Secret Agent Club, Secret Agent Productions, 1996.

(As Steven Smith; contributor) Sometimes They Come BackAgain (also known as Sometimes They Come Back 2), Trimark Pictures, 1996.

Stormy Nights (also known as The Widow), PM Entertainment Group, 1996.

Inner Shadow, 1997.

78 (short film), 1998.

Heaven or Vegas, Cineville/Storm Entertainment, 1999.

Dinosaur (animated), Buena Vista, 2000.

Contagion (also known as Epidemic and The Last Breath), Porch Light Entertainment, 2001.

Jane Bond (short film), Trillion Entertainment, 2001.

Nicolas, 2001.

(As Steven Douglas Smith) Leela, Cinebella Entertainment, 2002.

(As Steven Douglas Smith) Swimming Upstream, Newmark–Echelon Entertainment Group/RGH– Lions Share Pictures, 2002.

(As Steven Douglas Smith) Black Cadillac, Artist View Entertainment, 2003.

(As Steven Douglas Smith) Coronado, Manga Films, 2003.

Herb Alpert: Music for Your Eyes (documentary), Tom Neff Productions, 2003.

Our Country (documentary), Giant Screen Films/IMAX, 2003.

Additional cinematographer, 50 First Dates, Columbia, 2004.

Jenifa, Toho Art House, 2004.

Inside Out, Shoreline Entertainment, 2005.

Additional cinematographer, Akeelah and the Bee, Lionsgate, 2006.

The Net 2.0, Columbia, 2006.

Army Guy (short film), 2007, broadcast on the television series On the Lot, Fox, 2007.

Film Additional Photographer:

(As Steven D. Smith) Director of photography: additional photography second unit, Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (also known as Shootfighter), New Films International/Vision International, 1992.

(As Steven Smith) Sometimes They Come BackAgain (also known as Sometimes They Come Back 2), Tri-mark Pictures, 1996.

Director of photography: additional photography, Ripple Effect, Monterey Media, 2007.

Film Second Unit Director of Photography:

Home of the Brave, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2006.

An American Carol, Mpower Pictures, 2008.

Film Camera Operator:

Stormy Nights (also known as The Widow), PM Entertainment Group, 1996.

Operator of c camera, Home of the Brave, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2006.

Film Producer:

Nicolas, 2001.

(As Steven Douglas Smith) Black Cadillac, Artist View Entertainment, 2003.

Film Electrician:

(As Steven D. Smith) Relentless 3 (also known as Relentless III), Cinetel Films, 1993.

Worked in other capacities on films.

Television Director of Photography; Series:

Director of photography for title sequence, News Radio (also known as News Radio, The Station, Dias de radio, and Dies de radio), NBC, 1995–99.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

Flight of the Ibis, The Movie Channel, 1996.

Television Camera Operator; Movies:

Live from Baghdad, HBO, 2003.

Television Director of Photography; Specials:

Expedition: Bismark (documentary; also known as James Cameron's "Expedition: Bismark"), The Discovery Channel, 2002.

Nerve Endings (short special), 2007.

Director of photography for the documentary Icebound, PBS.

Television Director of Photography; Episodic:

Army Guy (short film), broadcast on On the Lot, Fox, 2007.

"101a: Auditions #1," On the Lot, Fox, 2007.

Also director of photography for episodes of The Tick, Fox, 2001–02.

Television Camera Operator; Episodic:

House M.D. (also known as House), Fox, episodes beginning c. 2004.

Television Director of Photography; Pilots:

Director of photography for the pilots Lilly's Lighthouse and Rough Cut Riley.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Steven Douglas Smith, http://www.directorof photography.org, June 25, 2008.