John N. Smith - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	31-July-1943
Place of Birth	Montreal (Canada, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, QuÃ©bec)
Nationality	Canada
Profession	Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film Director
John N. Smith is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He began his career making documentary and short films before moving on to feature films and then finally working primarily in television. His work has been nominated in the Academy Awards, Genie Awards, and Gemini Awards, but has only won the latter. He is best known for the 1995 drama Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and the TV movie The Boys of St. Vincent. From 1972 until his completion of The Boys of St. Vincent in 1992, Smith was a staff filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada. He is married to filmmaker Cynthia Scott.

Awards by John N. Smith

Check all the awards nominated and won by John N. Smith.

2008

Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Honored for : The Englishman's Boy

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	The Englishman's Boy

1995

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film	The Boys of St. Vincent Country: Canada
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Dieppe

1994

Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series

Honored for : The Boys of St. Vincent

Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

Honored for : The Boys of St. Vincent

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	The Boys of St. Vincent
Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-series	The Boys of St. Vincent

1990

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction	Welcome to Canada

1988

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction	Train of Dreams
Genie Award for Best Screenplay	Train of Dreams

1987

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Direction	Sitting In Limbo

1983

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary	Gala

1981

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)	First Winter

1980

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Outstanding Direction in a Dramatic Film (Non-Feature)	Revolution's Orphans
Genie Award for Outstanding Screenplay	Revolution's Orphans
Genie Award for Outstanding TV Drama Under 30 Minutes	Revolution's Orphans

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