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Dennis Smith

Dennis Smith
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Nationality USA

Dennis L. Smith is American television cinematographer, director and former camera operator.

As a camera operator he worked on such films as Stir Crazy (1980), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), License to Drive (1988) and Home Alone (1990). He continued his career as a cinematographer/director of photography on the David E. Kelley series Picket Fences (in which he made is directorial debut) and The Practice.

Some of Smith's other directing credits include episodes of: Boston Legal, JAG, Numb3rs, The Vampire Diaries, Fringe, NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles.

Best films

Home Alone (1990)
(Camera Operator)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
(Camera Operator)
Stir Crazy (1980)
(Camera Operator)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
(Camera Operator)

Usually with

John Hughes
John Hughes
(2 films)
Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong
(1 films)
Rick Hart
Rick Hart
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dennis Smith (7 films)

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Cameraman

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 1h55
Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker
Roles Camera Operator
Rating68% 3.448843.448843.448843.448843.44884
One year after the events of the first film, and the night before their flight to Miami for Christmas, the McCallister family gathers at the Winnetka, Illinois home of Peter and Kate McCallister. Their son Kevin sees Florida as contradictory to Christmas because he thinks there are no Christmas trees in Florida. During the school Christmas pageant, Kevin's older brother Buzz humiliates him during his solo, causing Kevin to retaliate and ruin the performance. Kevin refuses to apologize for his actions and is annoyed with his family's decision to go to Florida, before going up to his third floor bedroom of the house. During the night, Peter unknowingly resets the alarm clock and causes the family to oversleep. In the confusion and rush to reach the airport on time, Kevin boards a flight bound for New York City, carrying Peter's bag containing his wallet and a large amount of cash; the family is unaware that he is missing until after they land in Miami. In New York, Kevin tours the city and convinces the staff at the Plaza Hotel into giving him a room using Peter's credit card. During a visit to Central Park, Kevin is scared by the appearance of a homeless woman tending to pigeons.
Diggstown
Diggstown (1992)
, 1h38
Directed by Michael Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt, Heather Graham, Thomas Wilson Brown
Roles "B" Camera Operator
Rating68% 3.445383.445383.445383.445383.44538
Gabriel Caine (James Woods), a con man, is released from prison in Winfield, Georgia and immediately gets to work on his next scam. Caine and his partner, Fitz (Oliver Platt), travel to a small town not far from the prison: Diggstown, a city obsessed with boxing.
Home Alone
Home Alone (1990)
, 1h37
Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Films about spiders, Children's films
Actors Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Roberts Blossom
Roles Camera Operator
Rating76% 3.8478453.8478453.8478453.8478453.847845
The night before their flight to Paris for a Christmas holiday, the McCallister family gather at the Winnetka, Illinois home of Peter (John Heard) and Kate (Catherine O'Hara) McCallister. Their 8-year-old son, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), is ridiculed by his siblings and cousins. After a fight with his older brother, Buzz (Devin Ratray), Kevin is sent to the third floor of the house, where he wishes that his family would disappear. During the night, a power outage resets the alarm clocks and causes the family to oversleep. In the confusion and rush to reach their flight on time, Kevin is left behind and the family is unaware until they are already airborne. Once in Paris, Peter and Kate try to book a flight home, but all the flights are booked for the next two days. The clerks put Kate on standby for any possible seat opening. The rest of the family goes to Peter's brother's home in Paris, and Kevin's siblings and cousins are crushed by empathy for their abuse toward Kevin.
Tango & Cash, 1h37
Directed by Andreï Kontchalovski, Albert Magnoli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Prison films, Buddy films
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance, Teri Hatcher, Brion James, Edward Bunker
Roles Camera Operator
Rating64% 3.2007853.2007853.2007853.2007853.200785
Beverly Hills LAPD Lieutenant Raymond Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and Downtown Los Angeles Lieutenant Gabriel Cash (Kurt Russell) have earned themselves reputations for disrupting crime lord Yves Perret's smuggling operation in their respective jurisdictions. One day, they are informed of a drug deal taking place later that night. Both detectives meet for the first time at the location, but discover a dead body that is wire-tapped before the FBI arrive and surround the duo. Agent Wyler (Lewis Arquette) finds Cash's backup Walter PPK pistol on the floor with a silencer attached and arrests both Cash and Tango. At their murder trial, Tango and Cash are incriminated by an audio tape, secretly given to Wyler by Perret's henchman Requin and verified in court by an audio expert, which appears to reveal them shooting the undercover FBI agent after discussing a drug purchase. They plead no contest to a lesser charge in exchange for reduced sentences in a minimum-security prison, but are instead transported to a maximum-security prison to be housed with many of the criminals they arrested in the past.
Revenge of the Nerds, 1h27
Directed by Jeff Kanew
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Children's films, Teen movie
Actors Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong, Andrew Cassese, Michelle Meyrink
Roles Camera Operator
Rating65% 3.299013.299013.299013.299013.29901
Best friends and nerds Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe enroll in Adams College to study computer science. They are kicked out of the freshmen dorms by the Alpha Betas, a fraternity composed primarily of football team members, after the Alpha's carelessly burn down their frat house. Dean Ulich sets up the freshmen in temporary quarters in the school's gymnasium, but allows them to rush the fraternities to alleviate their housing situation. Lewis, Gilbert, and other nerds fail to gain fraternity membership, but are able to rent and completely renovate a rundown two-story campus house.
Nice Dreams, 1h28
Directed by Tommy Chong
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Evelyn Guerrero, Stacy Keach, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Sandra Bernhard, Paul Reubens
Roles Camera Operator
Rating60% 3.048763.048763.048763.048763.04876
Cheech and Chong have a new business driving an ice cream truck selling "Happy Herb's Nice Dreams." However, it is not ice cream they sell, but it is marijuana, stolen from their friend Weird Jimmy whose plantation is under their beach house camouflaged as a pool. The two eventually make a fortune. They blissfully plan on becoming "Sun Kings in Paradise" which involves buying an island, guitars, and enjoying lots of women.
Stir Crazy
Stir Crazy (1980)
, 1h51
Directed by Sidney Poitier
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Prison films, Buddy films
Actors Gene Wilder, JoBeth Williams, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown, Barry Corbin, Craig T. Nelson
Roles Camera Operator
Rating66% 3.348463.348463.348463.348463.34846
Writer Skip Donahue and actor Harry Monroe are fired from their jobs in New York, and leave for Hollywood. Along the way, they take odd jobs to make ends meet. During one such job in Arizona, Skip and Harry perform a song and dance routine dressed as woodpeckers as part of a promotion for a bank. While the duo is taking a break, two men steal the costumes and rob the bank. Harry and Skip are arrested, whisked through a speedy trial and handed 125-year jail sentences. Their court-appointed lawyer, Len Garber, advises them to wait until he can appeal their case.