Directed credits
12
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Martin Smith
Production
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.1
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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 1All crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 2429892
Known for: Production
Born: January 28, 1949
Age: 77
Place of birth: South Pasadena, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1983 - 2025
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7
Frequent jobs
Director (12)Writer (7)Producer (5)
Biography
Martin Smith is a producer, writer, director and correspondent.Smith has directed dozens of nationally broadcast documentaries for CBS News, ABC News and PBS Frontline. His films range in topic from war in the Middle East to the 2008 financial crisis.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Martin Smith.
Xi Jinpings Weg zur Macht
Director
2025 Movie
8.0
China, The U.S., & The Rise of Xi Xinping
Director
2024 Movie
America and the Taliban
Director
2023 Movie
The Jihadist
Director
2021 Movie
Inside Assad's Syria
Director
2015 Movie
7.8
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
Director
2014 Movie
8.0
Obama's War
Director
2009 Movie
1.0
The War Briefing
Director
2008 Movie
Return of the Taliban
Director
2006 Movie
Truth, War and Consequences
Director
2003 Movie
Xi Jinping – Aufstieg eines Führers
Director
Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Martin Smith.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Martin Smith.
8.0
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Producer
2019 Movie
Obama at War
Producer
2015 Movie
1.0
The War Briefing
Director
2008 Movie
The Jihadist
Director
2021 Movie
Return of the Taliban
Director
2006 Movie
Beyond Baghdad
Writer
Movie
8.0
China, The U.S., & The Rise of Xi Xinping
Director
2024 Movie
7.0
The Rise of ISIS
Writer
2014 Movie
Xi Jinping – Aufstieg eines Führers
Director
Movie
7.8
United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost
Director
2014 Movie
Xi Jinpings Weg zur Macht
Director
2025 Movie
Truth, War and Consequences
Director
2003 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Martin Smith.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Martin Smith.
8.0
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Producer
2019 Movie
Separated: Children at the Border
Writer
2018 Movie
Obama at War
Producer
2015 Movie
7.0
The Rise of ISIS
Writer
2014 Movie
To Catch A Trader
Writer
2014 Movie
Gangs of Iraq
Writer
2007 Movie
In Search of Al Qaeda
Producer
2002 Movie
Beyond Baghdad
Writer
Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Martin Smith.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Martin Smith.
10.0
Syria After Assad
2025 Movie
America and the Taliban
as Self
2023 Movie
The Jihadist
2021 Movie
8.0
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
as Self
2019 Movie
Separated: Children at the Border
2018 Movie
Obama at War
as Self
2015 Movie
Inside Assad's Syria
as Self
2015 Movie
Educating Sergeant Pantzke
2011 Movie
1.0
The War Briefing
as Self
2008 Movie
Gangs of Iraq
as Narrator
2007 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Martin Smith.