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Brian Trenchard-Smith is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Additional Dialogue British born on 1946 at England (United-kingdom)
Brian Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English 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 direct-to-video releases. His 1970s and 1980s Aussie films were theatrically released. He generally works in the drama, action and horror genres. He has directed 42 movies and TV series including Turkey Shoot, StuntRock, Dead End Drive-In, The Man from Hong Kong, and Leprechaun 4: In Space.
In addition, he also has been credited by Quentin Tarantino as one of his favorite directors.
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 editor's 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).
Trenchard-Smith worked at Channel Ten as an editor, doing news, documentaries and station promos. He moved over to Channel 9 to work as promotions director, then in 1968 he returned to England and went to work in London as a junior writer/producer of feature film trailers at National Screen Service.
In 1970 he returned to Channel 9 as network promotions director, and made his directorial debut with a French TV special Christmas in Australia.
Documentary Filmmaker
After two years at Channel 9 Trenchard Smith formed his own production company, borrowed $16,000 and made a one-hour television special about stuntmen called The Stuntmen featuring Grant Page. This was a success and enabled him to make a number other TV specials, usually with a theme of action and/or danger. Kung Fu Killers, which also featured Page, was particularly successful. Throughout this decade Trenchard-Smith also worked cutting trailers.
Trenchard-Smith was going to Hong Kong to make an $8,000 documentary on Bruce Lee called The World of Kung Fu but arrived on the day Lee died. He turned the documentary into a tribute on Lee, and in the course of making it met Raymond Chow who helped fund Trenchard-Smith's first feature, The Man from Hong Kong (1975). The film was successful internationally launching his career as a feature director.
Feature Director
The Man from Hong Kong was made for The Movie Company, a production company half owned by Trenchard-Smith and Greater Union. The Movie Company then made the documentary Danger Freaks before Greater Union pulled out. Trenchard Smith then made Deathcheaters (1976) which performed disappointingly and spent nine months on a proposed film that never got up, The Siege of Sydney. However he then made a dramatised short Hospitals Don't Burn Down which won a number of awards and was highly successful. Trenchard-Smith then made a film in the US called Stunt Rock which he once called "probably the worst film I have made".
Among his most fondly remembered credits are the cult classic Turkey Shoot (1982) and BMX Bandits (1983), where he worked with a young Nicole Kidman.
For the last twenty years, Trenchard Smith has worked mostly in America. He says his passion project is to do a revisionist history of Richard III.
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Brian Trenchard-Smith
In addition, he also has been credited by Quentin Tarantino as one of his favorite directors.
Biography
He was born in England, the son of a member 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 of 15 on 8mm, a 2 minute short called The Duel. The following year he made the ten-minute 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 editor's 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).
Trenchard-Smith worked at Channel Ten as an editor, doing news, documentaries and station promos. He moved over to Channel 9 to work as promotions director, then in 1968 he returned to England and went to work in London as a junior writer/producer of feature film trailers at National Screen Service.
In 1970 he returned to Channel 9 as network promotions director, and made his directorial debut with a French TV special Christmas in Australia.
Documentary Filmmaker
After two years at Channel 9 Trenchard Smith formed his own production company, borrowed $16,000 and made a one-hour television special about stuntmen called The Stuntmen featuring Grant Page. This was a success and enabled him to make a number other TV specials, usually with a theme of action and/or danger. Kung Fu Killers, which also featured Page, was particularly successful. Throughout this decade Trenchard-Smith also worked cutting trailers.
Trenchard-Smith was going to Hong Kong to make an $8,000 documentary on Bruce Lee called The World of Kung Fu but arrived on the day Lee died. He turned the documentary into a tribute on Lee, and in the course of making it met Raymond Chow who helped fund Trenchard-Smith's first feature, The Man from Hong Kong (1975). The film was successful internationally launching his career as a feature director.
Feature Director
The Man from Hong Kong was made for The Movie Company, a production company half owned by Trenchard-Smith and Greater Union. The Movie Company then made the documentary Danger Freaks before Greater Union pulled out. Trenchard Smith then made Deathcheaters (1976) which performed disappointingly and spent nine months on a proposed film that never got up, The Siege of Sydney. However he then made a dramatised short Hospitals Don't Burn Down which won a number of awards and was highly successful. Trenchard-Smith then made a film in the US called Stunt Rock which he once called "probably the worst film I have made".
Among his most fondly remembered credits are the cult classic Turkey Shoot (1982) and BMX Bandits (1983), where he worked with a young Nicole Kidman.
For the last twenty years, Trenchard Smith has worked mostly in America. He says his passion project is to do a revisionist history of Richard III.
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Filmography of Brian Trenchard-Smith (52 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lethal Seduction | Actor | |
| 2014 | Drive Hard | Director, Scriptwriter | |
| 2014 | Elimination Game | Executive Producer | |
| 2014 | Drive Hard | Director, Scriptwriter | |
| 2013 | Absolute Deception | Director | |
| 2011 | The Cabin | Director | |
| 2010 | Arctic Blast | Director | |
| 2010 | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Actor | Self |
| 2009 | Porky's: Pimpin' Pee Wee | Director | |
| 2009 | Malibu Shark Attack | Producer | |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood | Actor | Self |
| 2007 | Aztec Rex | Director | |
| 2006 | In Her Line of Fire | Director, Producer | |
| 2006 | Long Lost Son | Director | |
| 2005 | Tides of War | Director, Producer | |
| 2003 | DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | Director | |
| 2003 | The Paradise Virus | Director, Producer | |
| 2003 | The Paradise Virus | Director, Producer | |
| 2002 | Seconds to Spare | Director, Writer | |
| 2002 | Sightings: Heartland Ghost | Director | |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Director | |
| 2000 | Britannic | Director, Writer | |
| 1999 | Happy Face Murders | Director | |
| 1998 | Atomic Dog | Director | |
| 1998 | Voyage of Terror | Director | |
| 1997 | Doomsday Rock | Director | |
| 1996 | Escape Clause | Director | |
| 1996 | Leprechaun 4: In Space | Director | |
| 1995 | Leprechaun 3 | Director | |
| 1995 | Sahara | Director | |
| 1995 | The Last Bullet | Scriptwriter | |
| 1994 | Night of the Demons 2 | Director | |
| 1994 | Official Denial | Director | |
| 1992 | Resistance | Thanks | |
| 1989 | Demonstone | Executive Producer | |
| 1989 | The Siege of Firebase Gloria | Director | |
| 1989 | Out of the Body | Director | |
| 1988 | Day of the Panther | Director, Additional Dialogue | |
| 1986 | Dead End Drive-In | Director | |
| 1986 | Frog Dreaming | Director | |
| 1986 | Jenny Kissed Me | Director | |
| 1983 | BMX Bandits | Director | |
| 1982 | Blood Tide | Co-Producer | |
| 1982 | Turkey Shoot | Director | |
| 1979 | Day of the Assassin | Director | |
| 1978 | Hospitals Don't Burn Down | Director | |
| 1978 | Stunt Rock | Director, Scriptwriter | |
| 1976 | Deathcheaters | Actor, Director, Story, Producer | Hit & Run Director |
| 1975 | The Man from Hong Kong | Actor, Director, | Heavy |
| 1975 | The Love Epidemic | Director, Writer, Producer | |
| 1974 | Kung Fu Killers | Director, Writer, Producer | |
| 1973 | The Stuntmen | Director, Writer, Producer |