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Michael Bennett Smith(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
  • Art Department
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Michael Bennett Smith is an assistant director based out of Atlanta. Michael was born and raised on Alabama's Gulf Coast before moving to Tallahassee to attend the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. After receiving his bachelor's degree in film production, Michael bounced between the two coasts before landing in Georgia.
BornOctober 15, 1990
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    • Known for

    Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Tessa Thompson, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame
    8.4
    • Production Department
    • 2019
    Sylvester Stallone, Steve Agee, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Margot Robbie, and Daniela Melchior in The Suicide Squad (2021)
    The Suicide Squad
    7.2
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2021
    Two Left
    Short
    • Editor(as Michael Smith)
    • 2007
    Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Dave Bautista in Heist (2015)
    Heist
    6.1
    • Production Department
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Plunder (2026)
      Plunder
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2026
    • Kristin Chenoweth, Taran Killam, and Jenn Lyon in Stumble (2025)
      Stumble
      7.4
      TV Series
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2025–2026
    • Steve Zahn, Glen Powell, Wynn Everett, Perry Mattfeld, and Quentin Plair in Chad Powers (2025)
      Chad Powers
      7.5
      TV Series
      • 2nd second assistant director
      • 2025
    • Khalani Simon-Barrow, Luke Speakman, and Jackson A Park in Weapons (2025)
      Weapons
      7.4
      • second second assistant director
      • 2025
    • Mar Cellus, Andrew Michael Fama, and John Bradley Teague in RailRoadNYC (2024)
      RailRoadNYC
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer in Fellow Travelers (2023)
      Fellow Travelers
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • second second assistant director: Richmond unit
      • 2023
    • Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Michelle Gomez, April Bowlby, Matthew Zuk, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, and Riley Shanahan in Doom Patrol (2019)
      Doom Patrol
      7.7
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2022–2023
    • Tatiana Maslany in She Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
      She Hulk: Attorney at Law
      5.2
      TV Mini Series
      • second assistant director: re-shoots
      • 2022
    • Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Viola Davis in The First Lady (2022)
      The First Lady
      7.3
      TV Series
      • additional second second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Sylvester Stallone, Steve Agee, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Margot Robbie, and Daniela Melchior in The Suicide Squad (2021)
      The Suicide Squad
      7.2
      • additional second assistant director: second unit
      • 2021
    • Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors in Lovecraft Country (2020)
      Lovecraft Country
      7.1
      TV Series
      • second second assistant director: second unit
      • 2020
    • Sunset on the River Styx (2020)
      Sunset on the River Styx
      3.5
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Regina King in Watchmen (2019)
      Watchmen
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • additional second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Kathryn Prescott and John Reynolds in Formaldehyde (2018)
      Formaldehyde
      6.0
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Cootie Contagion (2012)
      Cootie Contagion
      8.6
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2012

    Production Department

    • Regina King in Watchmen (2019)
      Watchmen
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • production assistant
      • 2019
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Tessa Thompson, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • production assistant: second unit
      • 2019
    • Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, and Lucas Hedges in Boy Erased (2018)
      Boy Erased
      6.9
      • production assistant
      • 2018
    • Miles Teller in Thank You for Your Service (2017)
      Thank You for Your Service
      6.6
      • production assistant
      • 2017
    • Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland in The Leisure Seeker (2017)
      The Leisure Seeker
      6.7
      • production assistant
      • 2017
    • Jason Drucker in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
      Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
      4.3
      • key set production assistant
      • 2017
    • Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Christina Hendricks, Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell, and Kumail Nanjiani in Fist Fight (2017)
      Fist Fight
      5.6
      • production assistant
      • 2017
    • Michael Keaton in The Founder (2016)
      The Founder
      7.2
      • set production assistant
      • 2016
    • Isla Fisher, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, and Gal Gadot in Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
      Keeping Up with the Joneses
      5.9
      • production assistant
      • 2016
    • Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, and Gina Carano in Extraction (2015)
      Extraction
      4.1
      • production assistant
      • 2015
    • Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Dave Bautista in Heist (2015)
      Heist
      6.1
      • production assistant
      • 2015
    • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
      The Walking Dead
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Bruce McKinnon, Aden Young, and Jake Austin Walker in Rectify (2013)
      Rectify
      8.3
      TV Series
      • additional production assistant
      • 2015
    • Ana Ortiz, Judy Reyes, Roselyn Sanchez, and Dania Ramirez in Devious Maids (2013)
      Devious Maids
      7.8
      TV Series
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • The Distortion of Sound (2014)
      The Distortion of Sound
      5.4
      Short
      • production assistant
      • 2014

    Art Department

    • Adam Herschman, Christine Quinn, and Paul Brittain in Sasq-Watch! (2016)
      Sasq-Watch!
      5.8
      • art department assistant
      • 2016
    • Aether: Prologue
      7.0
      Short
      • graphic artist
      • 2015
    • Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, and Ambyr Childers in Vice (2015)
      Vice
      4.2
      • art department assistant
      • 2015
    • John Cusack, Bruce Willis, and Jason Patric in The Prince (2014)
      The Prince
      4.6
      • art department assistant
      • 2014
    • Dropout (2006)
      Dropout
      7.7
      TV Series
      • prop master
      • art assistant (as Michael Smith)
      • 2011–2013
    • Cootie Contagion (2012)
      Cootie Contagion
      8.6
      Short
      • titles designed by
      • 2012

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Bennett Smith
    • Born
      • October 15, 1990
      • Mobile, Alabama, USA

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