Patrick Smith - Director of Photography

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I read Mr Nice when I was 17 and absolutely loved it. He was a bit of a hero of mine for a while and when I got asked to shoot the visuals elements of this series by directors Nick Leader and Gwen Hughes I was thrilled. We had a couple of days in a

One of the most intense interviews I’ve ever shot.

A real pleasure to work with Charlie Russel and @curiousfilms1

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I had the absolute pleasure to work with @colette.camden and @five_mile_films again. We made Married to a Paedophile in 2018 and I’m still very proud of how that one came out. I’ve not seen this yet but very much looking forward to it ton

I had a wonderful time shooting with @jo_shallott telling the story of Jonathan, the Dutch serial sperm donor. I did the interviews on this one and a few small bits of the cheeky drama elements. A fun project to be involved in and always amazing to w

This was a series I started working across a couple of years ago as we came out of Covid madness. I had the pleasure of working with the hugely talented @jamesjonesfilm along with his inspiring team @h_hp1 and @katehardiebuckley. We travelled to Leba

I had the pleasure of working with @chloecampbelldirector and @alicemcmahonmajor on this series telling the story of 30 Greenpeace activists facing extreme repercussions for their actions against the burgeoning power of Putin. A fight on an oil platf

I had the pleasire to work with @paddywivell1 on this very moving film. I only shot for a couple of days but worked with such a brave and inspiring family. Definitely worth a watch.
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I’ve not posted in a while so apologies for a couple more p

I was extremely proud (and anxious) to have been nominated for a Bafta award for factual photography last night. We didn’t win. Outrageously my director from that project won for his camerawork on another film, what has the world come to? Very

I had a very enjoyable time working with director @chloecampbelldirector and producer @raissabotterman on their BBC film about the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. I shot the drama elements in the UK and some of the northern hemisphere IVs. A crazy st

Proud to have been involved in this entertaining and gripping but ultimately sad story about Kai, the hatchet wielding hitchhiker.

Wonderfully told by @colette.camden, such a pleasure to work with her and a great crew over in the US. A shoot full o

A difficult story to tell. Lovely to work with @redfilmsrowan and @72filmsuk on this series for #netflix.

Lovely working with @hanhanbb on this fun project.

I worked on two episodes of Bad Sport shot in 2019 for @rawfilms and Netflix.
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Episode 2 - Need for Weed directed by @milesblaydenryall
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Episode 5 - Horse Hitman directed by @georgina.cammalleri
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A lovely team and lots of great memories, none mor

I worked with @arthur_cary on some of his film about 9/11 on BBC 2 tonight.

I used my tiny new #roninrs2 and #canonc70 for the opening sequence which I really like.

Arthur shot all the IVs against green screen and we shot the backdrop plates which

I worked with Dan Dewsbury (@dews_ex_machina) on his film about footballer Ian Wright’s childhood and the abuse he suffered. We shot a master IV and some drama imagery for little bits of this hugely powerful documentary. I got to enjoy my new R

I shot the interviews for this programme earlier this year. Charlie always makes great films so it should be worth watching. Wednesday 17th March 9pm Channel 4.

I very much enjoyed shooting episode 2 of Surgeons Cut, just released on Netflix and made by BBC Studios and director @lucyblakstad. We told the story of the amazing and charming Florida based brain surgeon Dr Q.

We shot in Florida and Mexico back

Slightly late with this but I’m sure it’s on iPlayer. Lovely film by @curiousfilms1 (I shot the master interview).

Social distancing (but only just :/ )

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