John Smithson

John Smithson is a British film and television producer. He is Creative Director of Arrow Media, based in London. Previously he was co-founder and chief executive of Darlow Smithson Productions. He works closely with top broadcasting commissioners in the UK, US and around the world.

Family

John's brother is the well-known UK political blogger Mike Smithson.

Awards

• 2004, Smithson won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for Touching the Void.
• 2004, Smithson won the British Independent Film Award for Best British Documentary for Touching the Void.
• 2005, Smithson was nominated for an Emmy for The Last Dragon in the category of Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More).
• 2007, Smithson was nominated for a BAFTA Award for 9/11: The Falling Man in the category of Flaherty Documentary Award.
• 2007, Smithson won the New York Festival World Gold Medal for Feature-Length Documentary for 9/11: The Falling Man
• 2007, Smithson won the Grierson Award for Best Cinema Documentary for Deep Water.
• 2007, Smithson won the Focal Award for Best Use of Footage in a Feature Length Documentary or Film for Deep Water.
• 2007, Smithson won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Documentary for Deep Water.
• 2007, Smithson won the Rome International Film Festival award for Best Cinema Documentary Deep Water
• 2008, Smithson won the International Emmy Award for Best Documentary for The Beckoning Silence.
• 2009, Smithson was nominated for BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Documentary for The Beckoning Silence.
• 2009, Smithson won the Banff Television Festival Award for Best Sports Documentary for Thriller in Manila.
• 2009, Smithson won the Grierson Award for Best Historical Documentary for Thriller in Manila.
• 2010, Smithson won the George Foster Peabody Award for Thriller in Manila.
• 2010, Smithson was nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming for Thriller in Manila.
• 2010, Smithson was nominated for International Emmy Award for Best Documentary for 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers.
• 2011, Smithson was nominated for an Oscar for Best Motion Picture of the year for 127 Hours.

Filmography

1. Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989) (producer)
2. Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992) (producer)
3. Children of God (1994) (director & producer)
4. The Affair (1995) (producer)
5. Black Box (1998) (executive producer)
6. Station X (1999) (executive producer)
7. Teenage Japanese Killers (2000) (executive producer)
8. What Killed the Mega Beasts? (2002) (executive producer)
9. Touching the Void (2003) (producer)
10. The Last Dragon (2004) (executive producer)
11. Touching the Void: Return to Siula Grande (2004) (producer)
12. The Somme (2005) (executive producer)
13. E=mc² (2005) (executive producer)
14. Looking for Elizabeth (2005) (executive producer)
15. I Shouldn't Be Alive (2005–2006) (executive producer)
16. 9/11: The Falling Man (2006) (executive producer)
17. Deep Water (2006) (producer)
18. Alive (2006) (executive producer)
19. Clapham Junction (2007) (executive producer)
20. The Beckoning Silence (2007) (executive producer)
21. Cutting Edge: Killer in a Small Town (2008) (executive producer)
22. U Be Dead (2009) (executive producer)
23. The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) (executive producer)
24. Thriller in Manila (2009) (executive producer)
25. 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers (2009) (executive producer)
26. Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010) (executive producer)
27. 127 Hours (2010) (producer)