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Christopher Smith

Christopher Smith, (born 16 August 1970 in Bristol, England, UK) is a British film director and screenwriter. His four most prominent pieces of work are Creep, Severance, Triangle and Black Death.
Smith’s unique voice in both the fields of writing and direction has found him a cult following worldwide. He has a distinctive style with the ability to create a world for the audience to submerge into.
He is now working on a miniseries based on the the novelist Kate Mosse’s bestselling adventure thriller, Labyrinth. This will have a top cast headed by John Hurt (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Sebastian Stan (Captain America: The First Avenger, Gossip Girl), Oscar®, BAFTA and Golden Globe® nominee Janet Suzman (Nicholas and Alexandra, Midsomer Murders), Jessica Brown-Findlay (Downton Abbey, Misfits), Vanessa Kirby (The Hour, Great Expectations [2011]), multi-award winner Claudia Gerini (The Passion of the Christ, Under the Tuscan Sun), Katie McGrath (Merlin, Red Mist) and Emun Elliott (Game of Thrones, Black Death). Labyrinth is being produced by TANDEM COMMUNICATIONS (The Pillars of the Earth, The Company), Ridley Scott and Tony Scott's SCOTT FREE FILMS (The Good Wife, The Andromeda Strain) and Film Afrika Worldwide (Dark Tide, Endgame) in association with Universal Production Partners (UPP). Labyrinth is a German / South African treaty co-production.



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Christopher Smith - what members say


  • Creep
  • Creep review by CatabolismEnd from Croydon, London
    Rated - 4.0 stars Your Journey Terminates Here 30 June 2005
    ...Low Budget British Horror! This is the directing debut of Christopher Smith and its a British horror revolving around the London Underground. Ill start off by saying that this ...   Read customer review
  • Triangle
  • Triangle review by PeaceBunny from Cardiff, Wales
    Rated - 2.0 stars Pointless 22 October 2009
    ...There are so many twists and turns in Christopher Smith’s latest horror that to give even the lightest shred of plot would be risking backlash from the spoiler police. Luckily, ...   Read customer review
  • Black Death
  • Black Death review by FakeShemp from Newcastle upon Tyne
    Rated - 3.0 stars Another hit for Christopher Smith 5 November 2010
    ...I wanted to see this when it came out because I had enjoyed Christopher Smiths previous movies, 'Triangle', 'Severance' and 'Creep', and this one does not brake the streak of go...   Read customer review

Christopher Smith - filmography


  • Labyrinth - Series 1 (2012)
    Starring: John Hurt,  Tom Felton,  Jessica Brown-Findlay
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Hurt, Jessica Brown-Findlay and Vanessa Kirby star in this TV adaptation of Kate Mosse's Holy Grail adventure. When Dr Alice Tanner (Kirby) unearths two skeletons in a long-hidden cave while on an archaeological dig in Southern France, she sets in motion a chain of events across time and space...read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 4 members
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  • Black Death on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Eddie Redmayne,  Carice van Houten
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a plague-ridden medieval England, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne), a young monk, is charged in leading the fearsome knight Ulric (Sean Bean) and his group of mercenaries to a remote village where the inhabitants are unaffected by the deadly pestilence. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer - someone ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 19,600 members
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  • Black Death - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Eddie Redmayne,  Carice van Houten
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a plague-ridden medieval England, Osmund (Eddie Redmayne), a young monk, is charged in leading the fearsome knight Ulric (Sean Bean) and his group of mercenaries to a remote village where the inhabitants are unaffected by the deadly pestilence. Their quest is to hunt down a necromancer - someone ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 6,377 members
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  • Triangle on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Melissa George,  Liam Hemsworth,  Rachael Carpani
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    From the director of Creep and Severance, comes Triangle, a unique concept psychological thriller that turns the genre on its head. When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realised when the yacht hits a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 16,706 members
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  • Severance on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tim McInnerny,  Laura Harris,  Danny Dyer
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Suspenseful comedy thriller. Palisade Defense is a company that truly cares about its employees. When the company's European sales division exceeds expectations, the president decides that his dedicated employees deserve a relaxing, corporate team-building retreat. The trip takes a turn for the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 37,552 members
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  • Creep (2004)
    Starring: Ken Campbell,  Jeremy Sheffield,  Paul Rattray
    Director: Christopher Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When a London modeling agency booker dozes off while waiting for the midnight subway train, the subterranean terror that awaits her in the underground tunnels will send her screaming for her life through a dark labyrinth in this horror entry directed by Christopher Smith and starring Run Lola Run's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 33,800 members
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Christopher Smith facts

5 most recent films

Labyrinth - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Black Death - 3.0 stars
Black Death - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Triangle - 3.0 stars
Triangle - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Severance - 3.0 stars
Triangle - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Triangle - 3.0 stars
Black Death - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Black Death - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Labyrinth - Series 1 - 4.0 stars
Creep - 2.5 stars
Black Death - 3.0 stars
Black Death - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Triangle - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tim McInnerny - 4 times - show films
Liam Hemsworth - 3 times - show films
Rachael Carpani - 3 times - show films
Emma Lung - 3 times - show films
Michael Dorman - 3 times - show films