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Emile Edwin Smith

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Writer
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Emile Edwin Smith
Emile Smith's profsional directorial work reel, or portfolio. My personal website is www.emilesmith.com. You can also see my Visual Effects Reel on my website www.emilesmith.com/vfx or here on IMDB and on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/37297438
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Emile Edwin Smith was born on 7 October 1971 in Sierra Madre, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Serenity (2005), Superhero Movie (2008) and Battlestar Galactica (2003).
BornOctober 7, 1971
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BornOctober 7, 1971
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Nathan Fillion and Summer Glau in Serenity (2005)
    Serenity
    7.8
    • Visual Effects
    • 2005
    Pamela Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Simon Rex, Drake Bell, Craig Bierko, Regina Hall, and Tracy Morgan in Superhero Movie (2008)
    Superhero Movie
    4.8
    • Visual Effects(as Emile Smith)
    • 2008
    Tricia Helfer in Battlestar Galactica (2003)
    Battlestar Galactica
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Visual Effects
    The Jackal (1997)
    The Jackal
    6.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 1997

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Lavaconda (2025)
      Lavaconda
      Short
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2025
    • Distant Tales (2023)
      Distant Tales
      7.2
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2023
    • Omari Hardwick in Power (2014)
      Power
      8.1
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2019–2020
    • The Ghost Bride (2020)
      The Ghost Bride
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • comp supervisor: FXTC Digital (as Emile Smith)
      • 2020
    • Sullivan Stapleton and Jaimie Alexander in Blindspot (2015)
      Blindspot
      7.3
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Frankie Shaw in SMILF (2017)
      SMILF
      6.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, and Cassandra Scerbo in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
      Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
      3.8
      TV Movie
      • visual effects artist (as Emile Smith)
      • 2017
    • God Wars (2017)
      God Wars
      2.6
      • visual effects artist
      • 2017
    • Jurassic School (2017)
      Jurassic School
      3.2
      • visual effects artist
      • 2017
    • Oceans Rising (2017)
      Oceans Rising
      2.5
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • David Hasselhoff, Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, Tommy Davidson, Cody Linley, Masiela Lusha, Ryan Whitney, and Imani Hakim in Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
      Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
      3.9
      TV Movie
      • visual effects artist
      • 2016
    • Ice Sharks (2016)
      Ice Sharks
      3.0
      TV Movie
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2016
    • Ione Butler in Zoombies (2016)
      Zoombies
      3.4
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2016
    • David Hasselhoff, Frankie Muniz, Tara Reid, Ian Ziering, and Cassandra Scerbo in Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
      Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
      4.1
      TV Movie
      • visual effects artist
      • visual effects lead
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2015
    • Flight World War II (2015)
      Flight World War II
      4.5
      TV Movie
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2015

    Director

    • Ice Sharks (2016)
      Ice Sharks
      3.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Flight World War II (2015)
      Flight World War II
      4.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Age of Ice (2014)
      Age of Ice
      1.9
      Video
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Christopher Judge in Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014)
      Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark
      2.6
      Video
      • Director
      • 2014
    • The Grove
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010

    Writer

    • Lavaconda (2025)
      Lavaconda
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Ice Sharks (2016)
      Ice Sharks
      3.0
      TV Movie
      • screenplay
      • 2016
    • Age of Ice (2014)
      Age of Ice
      1.9
      Video
      • screenplay
      • 2014
    • The Grove
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Personal details

    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Alternative names
      • Emile 'Gunter' Smith
    • Born
      • October 7, 1971
      • Sierra Madre, California, USA

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