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David E. Smith(I)

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  • Writer
  • Special Effects
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David E. Smith is known for Dick Smith Make Up Artist (1976), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Adaptation. (2002).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Dick Smith in Dick Smith Make Up Artist (1976)
    Dick Smith Make Up Artist
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1976
    Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)
    Pulp Fiction
    8.8
    • Makeup Department(as David Smith)
    • 1994
    Nicolas Cage in Adaptation. (2002)
    Adaptation.
    7.6
    • Makeup Department
    • 2002
    Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black in Shallow Hal (2001)
    Shallow Hal
    6.0
    • Makeup Department(as David Smith)
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Makeup Department

    • Nicolas Cage in Adaptation. (2002)
      Adaptation.
      7.6
      • special makeup effects lead artist
      • 2002
    • Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ehren McGhehey, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, and Preston Lacy in Jackass: The Movie (2002)
      Jackass: The Movie
      6.6
      • makeup artist: 16mm film unit (as David Smith)
      • 2002
    • Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black in Shallow Hal (2001)
      Shallow Hal
      6.0
      • key makeup effects (as David Smith)
      • 2001
    • Extra Terrorestrial Alien Encounter (1994)
      Extra Terrorestrial Alien Encounter
      8.3
      Short
      • special makeup effects artist
      • 1994
    • Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)
      Pulp Fiction
      8.8
      • special makeup effects artist (as David Smith)
      • 1994
    • The Nutt House (1992)
      The Nutt House
      3.8
      • special makeup effects
      • 1992
    • C.H.U.D. (1984)
      C.H.U.D.
      5.6
      • special makeup crew: CHUD (as David Smith)
      • 1984
    • Gorky Park (1983)
      Gorky Park
      6.7
      • cadavers: assisted by (as David Smith)
      • 1983
    • Tess Harper, David Ambrose, John Beal, Candy Clark, Richard Fleischer, Robert Joy, Stephen F. Kesten, and Tony Roberts in Amityville 3-D (1983)
      Amityville 3-D
      4.2
      • makeup / illusions crew
      • 1983
    • One Life to Live (1968)
      One Life to Live
      6.9
      TV Series
      • makeup artist (as David Smith)
      • 1981
    • Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981)
      Friday the 13th: Part 2
      6.1
      • makeup effects assistant (as David Smith)
      • 1981
    • Night of the Zombies (1981)
      Night of the Zombies
      2.7
      • makeup artist
      • 1981

    Writer

    • The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991)
      The Secrets of Dick Smith
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Writer (as David Emerson Smith)
      • 1991
    • Monsters (1988)
      Monsters
      7.2
      TV Series
      • writer (as D. Emerson Smith)
      • 1989–1990
    • Dick Smith in Dick Smith Make Up Artist (1976)
      Dick Smith Make Up Artist
      Short
      • written by
      • 1976

    Special Effects

    • The Driller Killer (1979)
      The Driller Killer
      5.2
      • special effects (as David Smith)
      • 1979
    • Captain Lust
      6.3
      • special effects (as David Smith)
      • 1977

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • D. Emerson Smith
    • Parents
      • Dick Smith

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Later on he regretted his work in violent horror movies, even writing a letter to the magazine Mother Jones after it ran a story about Mark Branch, a young man who allegedly killed a girl to emulate Jason from the Friday the 13th movies. In the letter he stated "I have blood on my hands.".

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