Christopher Smith (born 1 July 1972) is a British film director and screenwriter. His four most prominent pieces of work are Creep, Severance, Triangle and Black Death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Smith (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 16, 1970 (56)
- Bristol, England, UK
- Director and writer, also producer and actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Known for
What are Christopher Smith's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
Grounded 3 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 6
Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous4
- 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 Christopher Smith's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Christopher 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
19 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Spider Island(2026)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Video Nasty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Spy/Master(2023)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
Consecration(2023)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Montaners(2022)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
The Banishing(2020)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Alex Rider(2020)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Detour(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Blue Borsalino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Get Santa(2014)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Crossing Lines(2013)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Labyrinth(2012)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Black Death(2010)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Triangle(2009)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Severance(2006)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Creep(2004)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all filmsThe Day Grandad Went Blind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The 10000th Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Creep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 18 titles, 17 of them dated from 1997 to 2026.
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 Christopher Smith's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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 Christopher Smith's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Christopher Smith work with?
People who share at least 2 of Christopher Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Stuart Gazzard shares the most, 6.
Actors
- John LynchShared titles: The Banishing (2020), Detour (2016), Labyrinth (2012), Black Death (2010)See all 4 shared titles with John Lynch
- Janet SuzmanShared titles: Consecration (2023), Labyrinth (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Janet Suzman
- Jessica Brown FindlayShared titles: The Banishing (2020), Labyrinth (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jessica Brown Findlay
- Sean HarrisShared titles: The Banishing (2020), Creep (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Sean Harris
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Stuart GazzardShared titles: Spy/Master (2023), Get Santa (2014), Labyrinth (2012), Black Death (2010), Triangle (2009), Severance (2006)See all 6 shared titles with Stuart Gazzard
- Christian HensonShared titles: Black Death (2010), Triangle (2009), Severance (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Christian Henson
- ToydrumShared titles: The Banishing (2020), Detour (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Toydrum
- Christopher RossShared titles: Detour (2016), Get Santa (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Ross
Producers
- Jason NewmarkShared titles: Consecration (2023), The Banishing (2020), Detour (2016), Triangle (2009), Severance (2006), Creep (2004)See all 6 shared titles with Jason Newmark
- Laurie CookShared titles: Consecration (2023), The Banishing (2020), Detour (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Laurie Cook
- Julie BainesShared titles: Detour (2016), Triangle (2009), Creep (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Julie Baines
- Adam NagelShared titles: Consecration (2023), The Banishing (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Adam Nagel