---
name: "Bud S. Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bud-s-smith"
fi1m_id: "bud-s-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0807573"
tmdb_id: 23914
wikidata_id: "Q2927491"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 December 1935"
died: "23 June 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:06:16.909081+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."
---

# Bud S. Smith

## Identity

Bud S. Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bud-s-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bud-s-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0807573
- **TMDB ID:** 23914
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2927491
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_S._Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927491, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23914

Producer. Born 6 December 1935 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Died 23 June 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 December 1935, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- **Died:** 23 June 2024
- **Active:** 1973–2000
- **Also known as:** Bud Smith
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 producing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [William Friedkin](https://film.one/person/william-friedkin.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (2), 1980s 68 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_S._Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927491, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23914

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Karate Kid*](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid.md) (81)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Flashdance*](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Bud S. Smith (1935–2024) was an American film editor, producer and occasional director. He worked as an editor on *The Exorcist* (1973), sharing an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, and collaborated regularly with director William Friedkin on six films including *Sorcerer* (1977), *Cruising* (1980) and *To Live and Die in L.A.* (1985).

His other editing credits include *Flashdance* (1983), for which he shared a BAFTA Award for Best Editing and an Academy Award nomination, *The Karate Kid* (1984), *Darkman* (1990), *The Replacements* (2000) and *Ladder 49* (2004). He received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2008. Smith was married to dialogue editor Lucy Coldsnow-Smith.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Karate Kid* (1984), Fi1m 81, Editor, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid.md)
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Fi1m 88, Editor, Associate Producer, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Flashdance* (1983), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *The Exorcist* (1973), Fi1m 89, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Lonely Street* (2009), Co-Producer
- *Driftwood* (2006), Producer
- *The Game of Their Lives* (2005), Editor
- *Ladder 49* (2004), Editor
- *Young Black Stallion* (2003), Editor
- *The Replacements* (2000), Editor
- *Waterworld* (1995), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/waterworld.md)
- *Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot* (1992), Second Unit Director
- *Darkman* (1990), Editor, Supervising Editor
- *Gross Anatomy* (1989), Editor
- *Sing* (1989), Editor
- *Johnny Be Good* (1988), Director
- *Some Kind of Wonderful* (1987), Editor
- *Poltergeist II: The Other Side* (1986), Editor
- *To Live and Die in L.A.* (1985), Supervising Editor, Co-Producer, Second Unit Director
- *The Karate Kid* (1984), Editor, Associate Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid.md)
- *Deal of the Century* (1983), Editor
- *Flashdance* (1983), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/flashdance.md)
- *Cat People* (1982), Second Unit Director, Supervising Film Editor
- *Personal Best* (1982), Editor, Supervising Editor
- *Falling in Love Again* (1980), Editor
- *Cruising* (1980), Editor
- *The Brink's Job* (1978), Editor
- *A Death in Canaan* (1978), Editor
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Editor, Associate Producer, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *Rhinoceros* (1974), Editor
- *The Exorcist* (1973), Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)
- *Deadhead Miles* (1972), Editor
- *Greaser's Palace* (1972), Editor
- *Pound* (1970), Editor
- *Putney Swope* (1969), Editor
- *Lucy in London* (1966), Editor
- *Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees* (1965), Editor
- *The Bold Men* (1965), Editor, Cinematography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1984: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Flashdance*
- 1974: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Exorcist*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1984: Best Editing (won), for *Flashdance*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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