---
name: "Chris Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-smith"
fi1m_id: "chris-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0807687"
tmdb_id: 31654
wikidata_id: "Q5108097"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:23:56.845193+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."
---

# Chris Smith

## Identity

Chris Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0807687
- **TMDB ID:** 31654
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5108097
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Smith_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31654

Director. Born 20 May 1970 in Rahway, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 May 1970, Rahway, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Smith_(filmmaker), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31654

## Coming up

- *Wilder* (2026-10-09), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*WHAM!*](https://film.one/film/wham.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Chris Smith is an American documentary filmmaker. Born on 20 May 1970 in Rahway, New Jersey, he attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Graduate Film Program, where he completed his first film, *American Job* (1996).

Smith is best known for directing *American Movie* (1999), which won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. His subsequent credits include *The Yes Men* (2003), *Collapse* (2009), *Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond* (2017), *Fyre* (2019), *Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal* (2021), *WHAM!* (2023, also as producer) and *Mr. McMahon* (2024). He directed *The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part* (2026).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *WHAM!* (2023), Fi1m 75, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wham.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Wilder* (2026), Director, Producer
- *The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part* (2026), Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-widower-til-death-do-us-part.md)
- *Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Never Get Busted!* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever* (2025), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
- *Biggest Heist Ever* (2024), Director
- *Mr. McMahon* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director, Creator
- *Hollywood Con Queen* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *DEVO* (2024), Director, Camera Operator
- *Bitconned* (2024), Producer
- *LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2022* (2023), Director
- *WHAM!* (2023), Director, Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/wham.md)
- *Branson* (2022), series, Director, Creator
- *The Pez Outlaw* (2022), Executive Producer
- *"Sr."* (2022), Director, Director of Photography
- *The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives.* (2022), series, Director, Creator
- *Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *'Twas the Fight Before Christmas* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Twisted House Sitter* (2021), Steadicam Operator
- *Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal* (2021), Producer, Director
- *The Oxy Kingpins* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Tiger King* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *The Boy Who Sold The World* (2020), Producer
- *The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann* (2019), series, Director, Creator
- *Fyre* (2019), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond* (2017), Director, Producer
- *Working Class Heroes* (2015), Second Assistant Camera
- *Animals* (2014), Producer
- *The Jeffrey Dahmer Files* (2013), Executive Producer
- *St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Collapse* (2009), Director, Director of Photography, Producer
- *The Pool* (2007), Director, Writer
- *Suffering and Smiling* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Yes Men* (2003), Director, Producer
- *Home Movie* (2001), Director
- *Caesar's Park* (2000), Producer
- *American Movie* (1999), Director, Director of Photography, Producer
- *The Big One* (1997), Director of Photography
- *American Job* (1996), Writer, Director
- *Untitled John Hughes Documentary*, Director, Producer
- *Untitled Andre Agassi Documentary Series*, series, Executive Producer

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