Chris Smith

Chris Smith born in 1970 is an American film director cameraman producer writer and editor He is best known for directing American Movie which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival Smith completed his first film American Job while attending the University of WisconsinMilwaukees Graduate Film Program Chris met Mark Borchardt the subject of American Movie while editing American Job and began filming a documentary about the making of Marks psychological thriller Coven Both films played at the Sundance Film Festival and American Movie was bought by Sony Pictures for 1 million Chris Smiths directing credits include Collapse 2009 The Pool 2007 The Yes Men 2003 Home Movie 2001 American Movie 1999 and American Job 1996 He is signed to Smuggler for representation