Andrew Smith

History

Andrew Smith is a documentary producer, editor, cameraperson and director, working mostly in television and radio. He won a BAFTA, two Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards.

Movies

Man vs. Shark
Producer
40 years after inventing armored suits that protect divers from attacks by smaller shark species of sharks, marine biologist, Jeremiah Sullivan, faces off against hungry hammerheads and deadly tiger sharks to measure their bite force, body strength and ability to chew through his advanced materials before creating new armor he’ll test by putting himself inside the devastating jaws of a 14-foot tiger shark.
Mechanical Monsters
Director
This extraordinary documentary poses questions that still resonate today - will the machines we build to save humanity end up replacing us or even destroying us? Historian Simon Schaffer tells the stories behind some of the most sensational engineering wonders of past centuries. Images of designs and remnants spark questions that cut to the heart of our ever-advancing technological civilization.
White Right: Meeting the Enemy
Executive Producer
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan joins the frontline of the race wars in America, sitting down face-to-face with Neo-Nazis and fascists.
Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives
Director
Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the amazing science of gravity. As well sculpting our universe, gravity also affects our weight, height and even the rate at which we age.
The Amazing World of Gravity
Director
From the award-winning British team that brought you Everything and Nothing and The Secret Life of Chaos comes a unique television event on the physics of gravity. This film features unexpected historical insights, cutting-edge science and exciting new experiments. From Einstein's Relativity to quantum mechanics, host Jim Al-Khalili explores one of the most extraordinary phenomena in our universe.
Islam's Non-Believers
Producer
The film documents the lives and experiences of ex-Muslims: people who have left Islam to become atheists, and who often face discrimination, harassment, ostracism and violence for leaving Islam, both in the UK and abroad.
The Collaborators
Director
A tale of two art students who, after a horrific event, are forced to take off across country in a stolen taxi to evade the law.