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Iain Smith(I)

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  • Production Manager
  • Actor
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Iain Smith
Iain Smith was born in Glasgow and graduated from the London Film School in 1971. He worked in London for several years before returning to his native Scotland to make "My Childhood", for the British Film Institute, the first of the award winning trilogy by the late Bill Douglas.

He formed his own production company in partnership with Jon Schorstein and produced television commercials, documentaries, children's feature films and low budget dramas, and in 1978 production managed Bertrand Tavernier's "Deathwatch" starring Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel. A year later he joined David Puttnam and Hugh Hudson to make "Chariots of Fire" starring Ian Charleson and Ben Cross.

He went on to line produce a variety of films for David Puttnam including Bill Forsyth's "Local Hero" starring Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert, Roland Joffe's "The Killing Fields" starring Sam Waterston and Haing Ngor, and Roland Joffe's "The Mission" starring Robert de Niro and Jeremy Irons. He also produced Brian Gilbert's "The Frog Prince".

In 1987 he formed Applecross Productions and went on to co-produce Richard Marquand's "Hearts of Fire" starring Bob Dylan and Rupert Everett followed by Michael Austen's "Killing Dad" starring Richard E. Grant, Denholm Elliott and Julie Walters. In 1991 he co-produced Roland Joffe's "City of Joy" starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins, and in 1992, executive produced Ridley Scott's "1492 - Conquest of Paradise" starring Gerard Depardieu and Sigourney Weaver.

In 1994 he co-produced Stephen Frears' "Mary Reilly" starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich, for Tristar Pictures, followed by Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" in 1996, which starred Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman, and was produced by his company Zaltman Films Ltd for Gaumont.

He then produced Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Seven Years in Tibet" starring Brad Pitt and David Thewlis, for Columbia Pictures, followed by Jon Amiel's "Entrapment" with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, for Twentieth Century Fox.

After this he executive produced Tony Scott's "Spy Game" for Universal Pictures which starred Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, followed by Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain" for Miramax starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renee Zelwegger. He went on to produce Oliver Stone's "Alexander" for Intermedia starring Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie followed by producing Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain" for New Regency/Warner Bros. starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn, and Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men" for Strike Entertainment/Universal Pictures, and Timur Bekmambetrov's "Wanted" for Universal Pictures. His most recent production "The A Team" with director Joe Carnahan stars Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel was made for Twentieth Century Fox

Iain Smith has served on the boards of the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, the Joint board of Creative Scotland, the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, the Scottish Film Training Trust and as a Governor of the National Film and Television School. He is a patron of the London Film School, Chair of the Film Skills Council, and is a director of the Children's Film and Television Foundation. He is Chair of the UK Film Industry Training Board, and is Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

In 2005 he was awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding Achievement in Film and was made an OBE by the Queen in the 2008 New Year's Honours List for services to film.
BornJanuary 8, 1949
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      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Children of Men (2006)
    Children of Men
    7.9
    • Producer
    • 2006
    Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
    Mad Max: Fury Road
    8.1
    • Producer
    • 2015
    Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element (1997)
    The Fifth Element
    7.6
    • Producer
    • 1997
    Planet of the Apes (2001)
    Planet of the Apes
    5.7
    • Producer(London)
    • 2001

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    • Loka
      • producer
      • Pre-production



    • Colin Woodell in The Continental (2023)
      The Continental
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2023
    • Stephen Fry, Tom Sturridge, Kyo Ra, Jenna Coleman, Boyd Holbrook, Donna Preston, Gwendoline Christie, Mason Alexander Park, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Vivienne Acheampong in The Sandman (2022)
      The Sandman
      7.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Time Trial (2017)
      Time Trial
      6.4
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
      Mad Max: Fury Road
      8.1
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub in 24: Live Another Day (2014)
      24: Live Another Day
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • The Film-Maker's Son (2013)
      The Film-Maker's Son
      6.8
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Happy New Year (2011)
      Happy New Year
      5.9
      • executive producer
      • 2011
    • Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, and Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson in The A-Team (2010)
      The A-Team
      6.7
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2010
    • Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, and James McAvoy in Wanted (2008)
      Wanted
      6.7
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2008
    • Rachel Weisz and Hugh Jackman in The Fountain (2006)
      The Fountain
      7.1
      • producer (produced by)
      • 2006
    • Children of Men (2006)
      Children of Men
      7.9
      • producer
      • 2006
    • Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, and Colin Farrell in Alexander (2004)
      Alexander
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, and Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain (2003)
      Cold Mountain
      7.2
      • executive producer
      • 2003
    • Brad Pitt and Robert Redford in Spy Game (2001)
      Spy Game
      7.1
      • executive producer
      • 2001
    • Planet of the Apes (2001)
      Planet of the Apes
      5.7
      • line producer: London
      • 2001

    Production Manager



    • Romy Schneider in Death Watch (1980)
      Death Watch
      6.5
      • unit production manager
      • 1980
    • The Living Land
      • production manager
      • 1977
    • Look to the Sea
      Short
      • unit manager
      • 1977
    • Nosey Dobson (1976)
      Nosey Dobson
      • production manager (as Iain A.R. Smith)
      • 1976
    • The Camerons (1976)
      The Camerons
      6.7
      • production manager
      • 1976
    • Polar Power
      Short
      • production manager
      • 1974
    • That Sinking Feeling (1979)
      Islands of the West
      6.3
      Short
      • production manager
      • 1972

    Actor



    • Brad Pitt and Robert Redford in Spy Game (2001)
      Spy Game
      7.1
      • Berlin: Ambassador Cathcart
      • 2001

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    • Alternative names
      • Iain Smith OBE
    • Height
      • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
    • Born
      • January 8, 1949
      • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
    • Spouse
      • Isabel BuchananJuly 1, 1975 - ? (3 children)
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      He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2008 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to the film industry.

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