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Paul J. Smith has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Paul J. Smith has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, 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.
Smith 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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Walt Disney
Actor
18 shared titles · Fun and Fancy Free

Jack Kinney
Director
6 shared titles · Fun and Fancy Free

Pinto Colvig
Actor
5 shared titles · Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Clarence Nash
Actor
4 shared titles · Fun and Fancy Free

David Swift
Director
4 shared titles · The Parent Trap
Ted Sears
Screenplay
4 shared titles · Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Wilfred Jackson
Director
4 shared titles · Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Hamilton Luske
Director
4 shared titles · Fun and Fancy Free
George Johnson
Actor
3 shared titles · How to Play Baseball

Ben Sharpsteen
Director
3 shared titles · Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Bill Roberts
Director
3 shared titles · Fun and Fancy Free
Harry Reeves
Story
3 shared titles · Fun and Fancy Free
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