Patrick Milling-Smith

Patrick Milling-Smith is a film, theatre, and immersive experience producer and the co-founder and CEO of international production company Smuggler. He has produced Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning work along with two decades of festival-winning commercials, virtual reality, and music videos. Smuggler has won five Palme d’Or and thirteen Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions Festival, and was once again awarded the Production Company of the Year accolade by Ad Age, Clios, ADC, One Show, Ciclope Festival, and the British Arrows. Notable projects include the 5x Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical, Buena Vista Social Club; the Broadway run of Macbeth starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga; Netflix, Hulu and Apple TV+ commissioned limited series, including the Emmy-nominated documentary series about soccer superstar Lionel Messi for Apple and the IDA and Emmy-nominated Netflix limited series Evil On Trial; Emmy Award-winning commercials for Squarespace and Sandy Hook Promise; the internationally acclaimed and 8x Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway musical, Once; and the stage adaptation of Robert Evans’ memoir, The Kid Stays in the Picture. Current theatre productions include Girl, Interrupted at the Public Theatre and the revival of Once at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in Scotland. In 2024, Smuggler partnered with Lionel Messi to launch 525 Rosario, a joint venture studio developing TV, film, festivals, events, and branded partnerships globally. 525 Rosario debuted the inaugural Messi Cup in Miami in December 2025 - an international youth soccer tournament bringing together elite global academies for competition, community, and immersive fan experiences. The platform is built to scale globally ahead of the 2028 LA Olympics. Patrick sits on the board of Punchdrunk International, the world’s leading immersive theatre company (Sleep No More, Burnt City). Patrick has served as the Jury Chairman at the Clio Awards, President of Film Craft at Cannes Lions, Jury President at Ciclope Festival, and was the 2025 Chairman of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP).

What are Patrick Milling-Smith's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

33%

Bonds

28%

Survival

11%

Morality

10%

Society

10%

Power

8%

Family bonds4 Purpose2 Ambition2 Justice2 Identity2 Trauma2

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5

Dark

Tone · Weight

lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Grounded

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Steady

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2

Heavy

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Open-ended

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic

5

Tense

4

Contemplative

3

Hopeful

4

Triumphant

2

Other

6

How their films linger

Hopeful5 Thought-provoking4 Bittersweet3 Rousing2 Unsettling2

How their films end

Happy2
Bittersweet5
Ambiguous1

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 Milling-Smith's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Apple TV (2).

Also on these channels

Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+

Subscription and free streaming for Patrick Milling-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

12 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

My Grandfather Charles Manson(2026)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
kamikaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Executive Producer
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial(2024)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend(2024)
Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Messi Meets America(2023)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Executive Producer
Semper Fi(2019)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Weightless(2017)
Producer
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian(2013)
Executive Producer
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Greetings from Tim Buckley(2012)
Producer
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Force 1 TD (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Executive Producer
Play This At My Funeral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (2013)

$1.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024)

Midcredits 88^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Producing11 of 11 · 50^th

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s6 · 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 Patrick Milling-Smith's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44^th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41^st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

44^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

75^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

75^th and up2
50^th to 74^th2
25^th to 49^th3
Below 25^th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 8 titles are Mixed.

Crowd Pleaser2
Broadly Agreed2
Mixed4

Most divisive · producer

My Grandfather Charles Manson (2026)

79^th percentile spread · 52% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024)

Midcredits 88^th · 86% liked

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 Patrick Milling-Smith work with?

People who share at least 2 of Patrick Milling-Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Carmody shares the most, 6.

Cinematographers and editors

Alastair McKevitt2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Alastair McKevitt
Josh Earl2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Josh Earl
Ryan Theisen2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Ryan Theisen

Producers

Brian Carmody6 titles See all 6 shared titles with Brian Carmody
Lilli Karkowski4 titles See all 4 shared titles with Lilli Karkowski
Matt Renner4 titles See all 4 shared titles with Matt Renner
Tim Pastore4 titles See all 4 shared titles with Tim Pastore