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Steven C. Smith

Steven C. Smith

Director, writer and producer

Steven C. Smith is an Emmy-nominated documentary producer, author, and speaker who specializes in Hollywood history and profiles of contemporary filmmakers.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director, writer and producer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 51% in 30 days

What are Steven C. Smith's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
42%
Society
24%
Power
14%
Self
13%
Bonds
3%
Survival
3%
Art4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy4 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 9 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
8
Warm
6
Hopeful
3
Joyful
2
Thrilling
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy7
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Steven C. Smith's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Steven C. Smith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

40 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Producer

  • Jack Wrather: A Legacy of Film and Friendship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Writer

  • John Reinhardt: Direction Without Borders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Writer

  • Nightmare: The Life and Films of Cornell Woolrich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Writer

  • Eagle-Lion: A Noir-Stained Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Camera Operator · Editor · Producer · Sound

  • Freeing “Trapped” (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • A Sedulous Cinderella: Richard Fleischer Remembered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music(2019)

    Thanks · as Self

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • DC Spotlight: Shazam! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Writer

  • The Man Who Cheated Himself-Revisited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Post Producer

  • A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Love Is a Roller Coaster: Woman on the Run Revisited (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • The Sound of a City: Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Producer · Writer

  • Directing Dolly: Gene Kelly Remembered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Producer

  • True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer

  • The Cost of Living: Creating the Prowler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Musical Mel: Inventing The Inquisition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Batman Tech (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Batman Unmasked(2008)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood(2008)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Star Wars Tech (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Writer

  • Spider-Man Tech(2007)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed(2007)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Science of Superman(2006)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman(2006)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Empire of Dreams(2004)

    Supervising Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest(2003)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Biography(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Movie Maniacs: Leonard Maltin on the Columbia Three Stooges Shorts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 38 titles, 37 of them dated from 1987 to 2026.

Highest rated

Empire of Dreams (2004)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing18 of 38: 7 only directing, 11 with another roleWriting17 of 38: 6 only writing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score87thProducing16 of 38: 10 only producing, 6 with another roleEditing1 of 38: 0 only editing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 38: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

38 titles, 14 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s18 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Steven C. Smith's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 12 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · writer, producer

The Science of Superman (2006)

82nd percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Empire of Dreams (2004)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 62/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Steven C. Smith work with?

People who share at least 2 of Steven C. Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Burns shares the most, 8.

Directors

  • Kevin Burns8 titles · 5 as director    See all 8 shared titles with Kevin Burns

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers