John Smith

John Smith

Born: January 1, 1952
in London, England, UK
John Smith was born in Walthamstow, London in 1952 and studied film at the Royal College of Art, during which time he became a member of the London Filmmakers Co-op. Since 1972 Smith has made over fifty film, video and installation works that have been shown in independent cinemas, art galleries and on television around the world and awarded major prizes at many international film festivals. He received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists in 2011, and in 2013 he was the winner of Film London’s Jarman Award.

Movies for John Smith...

In Far Away Land
Title: In Far Away Land
Released: June 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Back stroke butterfly, front crawl and bras, we are awash in an ocean of bubbles. Meanwhile Captain Ahab sets sail on his magic carpet in search of the whale. All is not well in the world but Eden is there, fresh from her garden, tuning into “The Far Away Land”. We are deep in the cloud of our own making but help is at hand, and everything might yet be alright.
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Regression
Title: Regression
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A portrait of the artist as a not so young man. The film-maker attempts to enter the digital age by making a new video version of his 1978 film 7P.
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Home Suite
Title: Home Suite
Character: Himself
Released: August 6, 1994
Type: Movie
Home Suite, Smith’s first video work, is a close-up journey through a domestic landscape and a journey through memory, containing only three cuts over the course of its ninety-six minutes duration. Playing upon ambiguity and the unseen, the tape uses physical details of the space to trigger fragmented verbal descriptions of associated memories.
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The Black Tower
Title: The Black Tower
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A man finds himself haunted by a mysterious black tower in London that appears to follow him wherever he goes.