---
name: "Alec Smight"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alec-smight"
fi1m_id: "alec-smight"
imdb_id: "nm0806914"
tmdb_id: 1224348
wikidata_id: "Q4714259"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "30 August 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T13:21:41.819593+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alec Smight

## Identity

Alec Smight

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alec-smight
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alec-smight
- **IMDb ID:** nm0806914
- **TMDB ID:** 1224348
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4714259
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Smight, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4714259, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224348

Director. Born 30 August 1959 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 30 August 1959, New York City
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Smight, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4714259, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0806914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224348

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alec Smight is an American television director, producer and film editor. Born in New York City, he is the son of director Jack Smight and actress Joyce Cunning. He began his career in editing, working on series including *L.A. Law*, *Chicago Hope* and *Northern Exposure*.

Smight transitioned to directing in 2006 with an episode of *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, going on to direct 42 episodes of the series as well as serving as producer. He has directed episodes of *Criminal Minds* (nine episodes, 2016–2020), *Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders*, *MacGyver* (2016), *CSI: Cyber* and *Dwight in Shining Armor*. He has received Emmy and ACE award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, criminalminds.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gossip Girl* (2021), series, Editor
- *Instinct* (2018), series, Editor
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, Director
- *Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders* (2016), series, Director
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, Director, Editor, Co-Producer, Producer
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Golfer
- *Living a Lie* (1991), Editor
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, Editor
- *North and South* (1985), series, Assistant Editor

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