Brian Trenchard Smith

Brian TrenchardSmith born 1946 is an EnglishAustralian film and television director, producer, writer, consultant and actor who is notable for his contributions to the horror and action genre during the 1970s and 1980s in Australia. Most of his work has been in television, and the majority of his films have been directtovideo releases. His 1970s and 1980s Aussie films were theatrically released. He generally works in the drama, action and horror genres. He has directed 42 films and television series including Turkey Shoot, StuntRock, Dead End DriveIn, The Man from Hong Kong, and Leprechaun 3.

He was born in England, the son of a senior officer of the Royal Air Force, and lived for a time in Libya, where his father was stationed. His family moved to Odiham, Hampshire and he made his first film at the age ofon 8mm, aminute short called The Duel. The following year he made the tenminute The Chase about a lunatic who escapes from an asylum and chases a boy around the countryside with a bayonet.He was commissioned to make a film about his school, Wellington College, for prospective parents. He showed this around once he left school, and it helped him get work as an editors assistant and camera assistant with a French news company in London. However he was unable to get into the union so he moved to Australia in 1965 his father was Australian. ........

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