Richard Curson Smith

Richard Curson Smith is a British television director and producer. He has BAFTA, Emmy, RTS, Grierson, Real Screen, Broadcast, CSA and Prix Italia awards and nominations.

He heads his own production company, Absinthe Film Entertainment^[1] and is married to the British television producer and author Franny Moyle and has three children.

Filmography

Urban Myths - Orson Welles In Norwich 2020.^[2]
The Importance of Being Oscar 2019.^[3]
Joe Orton Laid Bare 2017.^[4]
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence 2017. Nominee BAFTA Scotland Award
Justice for MLK: The Hunt for James Earl Ray 2017. Nominee Canadian Screen Award
Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death 2016. Nominee BAFTA Scotland Award, Winner Celtic Media Award. Grierson nominee.
THE SON OF SAM 2017.
RUDOLF NUREYEV: DANCE TO FREEDOM 2015. Nominee specialist factual BAFTA. Winner Dance Screen Best Film. Special mention Prix Italia.^[5]
END OF THE DREAM 2015. Nominee Canadian Screen Award: Best Biography
THE APARTMENT 2012
The Making of a Lady 2012^[6]
THE MINOR CHARACTER 2012
MILIBAND OF BROTHERS 2010
PRIMEVAL 2009
Wire in the Blood: 'Falls the Shadow' 2008
Consenting Adults 2007
Pinochet in Suburbia 2006
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures Nominated for a Rose d'Or Drama Award and a Grierson Award.^[7]
Home Nominated for an RTS Award. Nominated for 'Best Single Drama' at the Broadcast Awards.
SURREALISSIMO! The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali
IF
SEVEN DWARVES
BLUE DIAMOND
BEYOND THE FATAL SHORE
ANATOMY OF DESIRE
CNN Millennium
PANDEMONIUM
SPENDING THE KIDS' INHERITANCE
THE LAST MACHINE
DEAD PRESIDENTS EMMY nominated
Inside Victor Lewis-Smith
10 x 10: WITH BOUNCING SOLES
BURNING MAN

References

^ "Absinthe Film Entertainment". Absinthe Film Entertainment website.
^ "TV drama tells story of Hollywood great Orson Welles at Anglia Television". ITV website.
^ "The Importance of Being Oscar". BBC website.
^ "Saturday's TV, by Chris Bennion". The Times website.
^ "Rudolf Nureyev - Dance To Freedom". BBC website.
^ Genzlinger, Neil (7 February 2014). "Television Review The Marriage, Pragmatic; The Relatives, Troubling". New York Times website.
^ "Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures". The Age website. 7 October 2005.

External links

Richard Curson Smith at IMDb
Richard Curson Smith at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}

[1] "Absinthe Film Entertainment". Absinthe Film Entertainment website.

[2] "TV drama tells story of Hollywood great Orson Welles at Anglia Television". ITV website.

[3] "The Importance of Being Oscar". BBC website.

[4] "Saturday's TV, by Chris Bennion". The Times website.

[5] "Rudolf Nureyev - Dance To Freedom". BBC website.

[6] Genzlinger, Neil (7 February 2014). "Television Review The Marriage, Pragmatic; The Relatives, Troubling". New York Times website.

[7] "Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures". The Age website. 7 October 2005.

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