Why this filmmaker matters
Ben Smithard has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Ben Smithard
Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 2002–present
- Known for
- Cinematographer
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Reading Ben Smithard
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Smithard set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Florian Zeller
Director
7 shared titles · The Son
Simon Curtis
Director
5 shared titles · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
4 shared titles · Freud's Last Session
Susannah Grant
Director
3 shared titles · Lonely Planet
Victoria Boydell
Editor
3 shared titles · Belle
Judd Apatow
Director
3 shared titles · The Bubble
Jim Broadbent
Actor
2 shared titles · The Damned United
Stephen Graham
Actor
2 shared titles · The Damned United
Laura Dern
Actor
2 shared titles · Lonely Planet
Emily Watson
Actor
2 shared titles · Belle
Penelope Wilton
Actor
2 shared titles · Belle
Jim Carter
Actor
2 shared titles · Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Genre profile
- Drama13
- Romance3
- Comedy3
- History2
- Family1
- TV Movie1
- Thriller1
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 2002–present
- Features photographed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Cinematographer
- photographed score
- 6.7
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0