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Patrick Smith

Cinematographer

BAFTA Award nominee

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 40 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 21% in 30 days

What are Patrick Smith's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Morality
23%
Society
17%
Survival
11%
Power
9%
Bonds
7%
Ideas
6%
Deception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame6 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

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

Grounded 11 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 4 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Contemplative
11
Melancholic
9
Dread
6
Bittersweet
5
Other
17

How their films linger

Thought-provoking18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous10
  • Cyclical1

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 Patrick Smith's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Patrick 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, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • Twisted Yoga(2026)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Critical: Between Life and Death(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • The Man with 1000 Kids(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Hunting Mr Nice: The Cannabis Kingpin(2024)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lucan(2024)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Dublin Narcos(2023)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn(2023)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Mother Teresa: For the Love of God? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake(2022)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Don't Pick Up the Phone(2022)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • My Daughter's Killer(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Rooney(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Legends of Sleepy Hollow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

  • Surviving 9/11 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Cinematographer

  • Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Bad Sport(2021)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Happy Birthday Mr Bean(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Lost Sons(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Surgeon's Cut(2020)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Case of Sally Challen(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Tell Me Who I Am(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Untouchable(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Acid Attack: My Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Cinematographer

  • Can We Live with Robots? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist(2017)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Sam Smith: On the Record(2017)

    Cinematographer

  • Saudi Arabia Uncovered (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Additional Camera

  • I Am Bolt(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Gascoigne(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Clothes to Die For (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • My Daughter the Teenage Nudist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Camera Operator

  • Sounds Like Teen Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Additional Camera

Career shape

A full career of 20 titles from 2009 to 2025.

Biggest box office

I Am Bolt (2016)

$19K worldwide

Highest rated

Tell Me Who I Am (2019)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Twisted Yoga (2026)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography17 of 20: 17 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thOther crew3 of 20: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s9 · crew2020s10 · 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.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2024, Photography, Factual.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Patrick Smith's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of the 13 of 14 with a score; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 28 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 28 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · cinematographer

Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017)

50th percentile spread · 11% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Tell Me Who I Am (2019)

Midcredits 94th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 49/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 56, detractors 21. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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.

Is Patrick Smith's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 67 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Patrick Smith work with?

People who share at least 2 of Patrick Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jonny Taylor shares the most, 7.

Directors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles