---
name: "Iain Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iain-smith"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 January 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-19T08:09:14.603925+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."
---

# Iain Smith

Producer. Born 8 January 1949 in Glasgow.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 January 1949, Glasgow
- **Active:** 1981–2015
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (4), 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 73 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Drama 4, Adventure 3, History 3, Science Fiction 3, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $830m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Smith_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3147204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8374

## Biography

Iain Smith is a Scottish film producer. Born in Glasgow on 8 January 1949, he trained at the London School of Film Technique (now the London Film School), graduating in 1971 with a first-class honours diploma.

He began his career in the early 1970s working as an assistant editor, assistant director and production manager on short films, commercials and children's features. After time in London, he returned to Scotland to work (uncredited) on Bill Douglas's *My Childhood* (1972) for the BFI. In 1976 he co-founded Smith Schorstein Associates Ltd. He later served as production manager on Bertrand Tavernier's *Death Watch* (1980) and location manager on Hugh Hudson's *Chariots of Fire* (1981).

Smith line-produced several films for David Puttnam, including *Local Hero* (1983), *The Killing Fields* (1984) and *The Mission* (1986), and produced *The Frog Prince* (1984). In 1987 he founded Applecross Productions. His later credits include co-producing *The Fifth Element* (1997), producing *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), *Alexander* (2004), *The Fountain* (2006), *Children of Men* (2006), *Wanted* (2008) and *The A-Team* (2010), and executive producing *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015) and episodes of *The Sandman* (2022). He received a BAFTA Scotland award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in 2005 and was appointed OBE in 2008.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *The Fifth Element* (1997), Fi1m 73, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fifth-element.md)
- *The Mission* (1986), Fi1m 64, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mission-1986.md)
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Fi1m 82, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)
- *Local Hero* (1983), Fi1m 86, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Fi1m 78, Location Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Where Pretty Girls Die* (2025), as Kyle
- *The Continental: From the World of John Wick* (2023), series, Producer
- *The Sandman* (2022), series, Producer
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *The A-Team* (2010), Producer
- *Wanted* (2008), Producer
- *The Fountain* (2006), Producer
- *Children of Men* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Alexander* (2004), Producer
- *24* (2001), series, Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Planet of the Apes* (2001), Line Producer
- *Entrapment* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Seven Years in Tibet* (1997), Producer
- *The Fifth Element* (1997), Co-Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fifth-element.md)
- *Mary Reilly* (1996), Co-Producer
- *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)* (1989), Producer
- *The Mission* (1986), Associate Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mission-1986.md)
- *The Frog Prince* (1985), Producer
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Associate Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)
- *Local Hero* (1983), Associate Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md)
- *Chariots of Fire* (1981), Location Manager — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/chariots-of-fire.md)
- *Death Watch* (1980), Location Manager
- *The Living Land* (1976), Production Manager

## Gallery

- ![British film producer Iain Smith speaking at a 2011 press conference in WIPO](https://film.one/media/person/93729/gallery-db69d2ba2f5c.png) British film producer Iain Smith speaking at a 2011 press conference in WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/IainSmithwolrdintellectualproperty.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬](https://film.one/media/person/93729/gallery-47f1567d40fe.jpg) Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬ — Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2826916949553%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬](https://film.one/media/person/93729/gallery-09f70a659b5c.jpg) Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬ — Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2826916949553%29.jpg/1280px-Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2826916949553%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬](https://film.one/media/person/93729/gallery-cb3907021f75.jpg) Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬ — Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2827426502662%29.jpg/1280px-Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2827426502662%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬](https://film.one/media/person/93729/gallery-5c016b66d74f.jpg) Gala de Închidere TIFF 2016. 04.06.2016 ‪#‎TIFF‬ ‪#‎TIFF2016‬ ‪#‎TIFFMoments‬ ‪#‎Cluj‬ ‪#‎ClujulMagic‬ ‪#‎TIFFromania‬ — Nuță Lucian from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2827248640650%29.jpg/1280px-Gala_de_%C3%8Enchidere_TIFF_2016_%2827248640650%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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