---
name: "Irby Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/irby-smith"
fi1m_id: "irby-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0808511"
tmdb_id: 33486
wikidata_id: "Q25880826"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T07:00:43.593793+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."
---

# Irby Smith

## Identity

Irby Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/irby-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** irby-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0808511
- **TMDB ID:** 33486
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25880826
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25880826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33486

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1971–1991
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 producing, 3 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (2), 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25880826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33486

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*City Slickers*](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Irby Smith is a film producer and former assistant director. His early credits include second assistant director on *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971) and *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), and first assistant director on *Capricorn One* (1977) and *Stand by Me* (1986).

He later worked as a producer and unit production manager. Notable producing credits include co-producer and unit production manager on *Young Guns* (1988), producer on *Major League* (1989), *Young Guns II* (1990) and *City Slickers* (1991), and executive producer on *Rookie of the Year* (1993). He also produced *Angels in the Outfield* (1994).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *City Slickers* (1991), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)

### Crew (3)

- *Stand by Me* (1986), Fi1m 88, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md)
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Fi1m 86, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Fi1m 90, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Angels in the Infield* (2000), Co-Producer
- *Angels in the Endzone* (1997), Co-Producer
- *Wild America* (1997), Producer
- *Prefontaine* (1997), Producer
- *Angels in the Outfield* (1994), Producer, Second Unit Director
- *Rookie of the Year* (1993), Executive Producer
- *City Slickers* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *Young Guns II* (1990), Producer
- *Enemies, a Love Story* (1989), Co-Producer
- *Major League* (1989), Producer, Second Unit Director, Unit Production Manager
- *Moon Over Parador* (1988), First Assistant Director
- *Young Guns* (1988), Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer
- *Dixie Lanes* (1988), Story, Co-Producer
- *Stand by Me* (1986), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/stand-by-me.md)
- *Tempest* (1982), First Assistant Director
- *Capricorn One* (1977), Assistant Director
- *The Disappearance of Aimee* (1976), as Benedict · Associate Producer
- *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Assistant Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md)
- *Conrack* (1974), Assistant Director
- *Get Christie Love!* (1974), Assistant Director
- *Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls* (1973), Assistant Director
- *The Naked Ape* (1973), Second Assistant Director
- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/irby-smith