IEC
BEN SMITHARD BSC
Born: c. 1970, UK.
Education: Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design [now Arts University College Bournemouth].
Career: Ph commercials dir by Tom Hooper, Dominic Savage, Jeff Thomas, Miranda Bowen, a.o. Ph music videos dir by Paul Gore, a.o.
Member of the BSC since 2011.
His brother Austin is a film dir.
Awards: 'Emmy' Award [2010] for 'Cranford/Return to Cranford' [Part 2].
Website: Ben Smithard
| FILMS | |
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1998 |
Me & Isaac Newton [Michael Apted] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/107m; co-addph; ph: Maryse Alberti |
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2000 |
Jean [Anthony Fabian] b&w-c; short/10m |
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2000 |
Cereal Killer [Robert Heath] c; short/12m |
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2000 |
The Sequel [Mark Williams] c; short/5m |
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2002 |
Glastonbury [Julien Temple] c; mus doc/135m; superv cameraman; filmed 2002-05 |
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2004 |
Breaking the Fifth [Austin Smithard] dv-to-35mm scope/c |
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2008 |
The Damned United [Tom Hooper] s16+s35+v-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/b&w-c |
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2010 |
My Week with Marilyn [Simon Curtis] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2011 |
I, Anna [Barnaby Southcombe] ts+s35-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2012 |
Belle [Amma Asante] HD (Sony F65)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c |
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2012 |
Saving Mr. Banks [John Lee Hancock] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; ph UK; ph: John Schwartzman |
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2013 |
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa/Alan Partridge: The Movie [Declan Lowney] RED Epic/c; addph: David Luther |
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2013 |
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [John Madden] HD (Sony F65)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; filmed 2013-14 |
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2015 |
Viceroy's House [Gurinder Chadha] s35+s16-to-D-Cinema (scope)/b&w-c |
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2016 |
Goodbye Christopher Robin/Untitled A.A. Milne Project [Simon Curtis] HD/c |
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2016 |
The Man Who Invented Christmas [Bharat Nalluri] HD/c; filmed 2016-17 |
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2018 |
Blinded by the Light [Gurinder Chadha] pre-production |
| TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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2004 |
Wire in the Blood [ep #14 'Synchronicity' dir by Terry McDonough] 31-part series, 2002-08; 3rd season, 2005; for ITV1 |
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2005 |
Spooks/MI-5 [ ep #31-32 dir by Jeremy Lovering] 86-part series/s16, 2002-11; 4th season, 2005 (10 ep); for BBC1 & BBC3 |
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2005 |
Eleventh Hour [ep #1 'Resurrection' & #2 'Containment' dir by Terry McDonough] 4-part miniseries, 2006; other ph: Graham Frake; for ITV1 |
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2006 |
The Street [ep #3 '[No. 36 Bold Street:] The Flasher' & #4 '[No. 12 Bold Street:] Football' dir by Terry McDonough] 18-part series, 2006-09; 1st season, 2006; other ph: Daf Hobson, Steve Lawes, a.o.; for BBC1 |
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2006 |
The Royle Family: The Queen of Sheba [Mark Mylod] special/60m; 18-part series, 1998-2000 + specials; for BBC2 |
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2006 |
Vincent [ep #5 & #7 dir by Terry McDonough] 8-part series, 2005-06; 2nd season; for ITV1 |
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2006 |
Instinct [Terry McDonough] 2-part tvm; for ITV1 (2007) |
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2007 |
Cranford/Cranford Chronicles [ep #1 'June 1842' dir by Simon Curtis (SC), #2 'August 1842' dir by SC, #3 'November 1842' dir by SC, #4 'April 1843' dir by Steve Hudson & #5 'May 1843' dir by SC] 5-part series/HD (Genesis); for BBC1 & WGBH-tv; see 2009 |
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2008 |
A Short Stay in Switzerland [Simon Curtis] tvm; for BBC1 (2009) |
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2008 |
Freefall [Dominic Savage] tvm; for BBC2 (2009) |
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2009 |
Cranford/Return to Cranford [ep #1 'Return to Cranford: Part 1/Part One: August 1844' & #2 'Part Two: October 1844' dir by Simon Curtis] 2-part special/HD (Genesis); for BBC1 & WGBH-tv; see 2007 |
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2009 |
10 Minute Tales [ep #7 'The Three Kings' dir by Richard Eyre] 11-part series; for BSkyB (Sky1) |
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2009 |
The Day of the Triffids [Nick Copus] 2-part tvm/HD (Sony F35); 2uc: Hamish Doyne-Ditmas |
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2009 |
Money [Jeremy Lovering] 2-part tvm/HD (Sony F35 + Canon EOS 5D & 7D); for BBC2 (2010) |
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2010 |
The Trip [Michael Winterbottom] 6-part series/HD; also 107m feature film version |
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2011 |
True Love/Love Life [Dominic Savage] 5-part series/RED Epic; for BBC1 |
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2012 |
Henry IV [Richard Eyre] 2-part tvm/HD (Genesis)+RED Epic; 2uc: Hamish Doyne-Ditmas; ep 7-part BBC2-tv series 'The Hollow Crown' (2012: 4 ep & 2016: 3 ep) |
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2014 |
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot [Dearbhla Walsh] tvm/HD; for BBC1-tv (2015) |
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2014 |
Death of England [Clint Dyer] b&w-c; short/9m; ep of web series of microplays 'Off the Page'; prod by The Guardian & The Royal Court Theatre |
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2015 |
Too Much Of Me [Siri Bunford] c; short/3m; ep #2 of NOWNESS.com web series 'The Way We Dress' |
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2015 |
The Dresser [Richard Eyre] tvm/HD (Genesis); for BBC2-tv |
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2016 |
Cold Feet [ep #33-34 dir by Terry McDonough] series, 1997 (pilot), 1998-2003 (34 ep) & 2016-present; 6th season (revived series), 2016 (8 ep) |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1992 |
Tale of a Vampire/Warlock: Tale of a Vampire/Vampire [Shimako Sato] gaffer; ph: Zubin Mistry |
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1993 |
In Memory Alone [Bill Baggs; short/38m] c.asst; ph: Dick Kursa; ep of 6-part film series 'The Stranger' |
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1993 |
The Airzone Solution [Bill Baggs] co-gaffer; ph: Dick Kursa |
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1994 |
I Was Catherine the Great's Stable Boy [Stephen Leslie; short] gaffer; ph: Tom Ingle Jr. |
