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John N. Smith
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John N. Smith

Canadian film director and screenwriter
July 31, 1943 (80 years old)
Can. 2009. Sentimental drama by John N. Smith with Allan Hawco, Sarah Greene, Louise Nicol. In 1969, in a small Irish village, a Canadian geologist and poet falls in love with a young hotel employee who aspires to enter a convent.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 2008. Drama by John N. Smith with Michael Therriault, Nicholas Campbell, Bob Hoskins. In Hollywood in the 1920s, a writer is hired by a producer to write a screenplay about the life of a former actor who is hiding a dark story.
Runtime: 175 min.
Can. 2006. Biography by John N. Smith with Michael Therriault, Kristin Booth, Paul Gross. The life and career of former Saskatchewan Premier Thomas Clement Douglas from his early days in 1934 to his retirement in the 1970s.
Can. 2004. Dramatic comedy by John N. Smith with Jane Curtin, Mary Walsh, Sheila McCarthy. A supermarket employee invited to participate in a TV game show show asks her friends to help her prepare.
Runtime: 93 min.
Can. 2000. Western by John N. Smith with Kenneth Welsh, Chandra West, Jennifer Dale. In the Canadian West at the turn of the 20th century, the destinies of two families, one rich, the other poor, intertwine against a backdrop of romantic intrigue and rivalries.
Can. 2000. Chronicle by John N. Smith with Aoife McMahon, Deborah Pollit, Colm Meaney. In the early 19th century, the story of a group of Irish and English exiles in a remote and harsh region of Newfoundland.
Runtime: 315 min.
U.S. 1999. Psychological drama by John N. Smith with Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, Monica Potter. A lawyer who is raising his son alone sees the boy's mother reappear in his life just as he begins dating a young veterinarian.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1995. Social drama by John N. Smith with Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Wade Dominguez.
Runtime: 99 min.
U.S. 1995. Sentimental drama by John N. Smith with John Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Maury Chaykin.
Runtime: 110 min.
Can. 1993. History by John N. Smith with Gary Reineke, Victor Garber, Robert Joy. In 1942, a group of young Canadian soldiers prepare for the Dieppe Raid in France.
Can. 1992. Drama by John N. Smith with Henry Czerny, Brian Dooley, Philip Dinn. In an orphanage, clerics face accusations of abuse and indecent exposure to young boys.
Can. 1989. Social drama by John N. Smith with Noreen Power, Kasivisanathan Karthigasoo, Brendan Foley. The inhabitants of a Newfoundland village welcome Tamil refugees who were abandoned by the captain of the ship that was transporting them.
Runtime: 87 min.
Can. 1987. Social drama by John N. Smith with Jason St. Amour, Marcella Santa Maria, Fred Ward. While serving a sentence in a reformatory, a rebellious teenager is brought by an educator to reflect on his situation.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1986. Social drama by John N. Smith with Pat Dillon, Fabian Gibbs, Sylvie Clarke. A young Black girl gets pregnant as a result of a romantic relationship with a charming but irresponsible schoolmate.
Runtime: 96 min.
Can. 1985. Documentary by John N. Smith. Recalling the tour made in various Asian countries by the company of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in the spring of 1984.
Runtime: 81 min.
Can. 1984. Sketches by John N. Smith, Giles Walker with Stefan Wodoslawsky, Char Davies, Sam Grana. The tribulations of four men who question their relationships with women.
Runtime: 87 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1982. Documentary by Michael McKennirey, John N. Smith. Group performance by eight Canadian dance companies at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
Runtime: 90 min.

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