# Richard Curson Smith

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**Richard Curson Smith** is a British television director and producer. He has BAFTA, Emmy, RTS, Grierson, Real Screen, Broadcast, CSA and Prix Italia awards and nominations.

He heads his own production company, Absinthe Film Entertainment[1] and is married to the British television producer and author [Franny Moyle](/source/Franny_Moyle) and has three children.

## Filmography

- *[Urban Myths](/source/Urban_Myths_(TV_series)) - Orson Welles In Norwich* 2020.[2]
- *The Importance of Being Oscar* 2019.[3]
- *Joe Orton Laid Bare* 2017.[4]
- *Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence* 2017. Nominee BAFTA Scotland Award
- *Justice for MLK: The Hunt for James Earl Ray* 2017. Nominee Canadian Screen Award
- *Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death* 2016. Nominee BAFTA Scotland Award, Winner Celtic Media Award. Grierson nominee.
- *THE SON OF SAM* 2017.
- *RUDOLF NUREYEV: DANCE TO FREEDOM* 2015. Nominee specialist factual BAFTA. Winner Dance Screen Best Film. Special mention Prix Italia.[5]
- *END OF THE DREAM* 2015. Nominee Canadian Screen Award: Best Biography
- *THE APARTMENT* 2012
- *[The Making of a Lady](/source/The_Making_of_a_Lady)* 2012[6]
- *THE MINOR CHARACTER* 2012
- *MILIBAND OF BROTHERS* 2010
- *PRIMEVAL* 2009
- *[Wire in the Blood](/source/Wire_in_the_Blood): 'Falls the Shadow'* 2008
- *[Consenting Adults](/source/Consenting_Adults_(2007_film))* 2007
- *[Pinochet in Suburbia](/source/Pinochet_in_Suburbia)* 2006
- *[Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures](/source/Agatha_Christie:_A_Life_in_Pictures)* Nominated for a Rose d'Or Drama Award and a Grierson Award.[7]
- *[Home](/source/Home_(2003_film))* Nominated for an RTS Award. Nominated for 'Best Single Drama' at the Broadcast Awards.
- *SURREALISSIMO! The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali*
- *IF*
- *SEVEN DWARVES*
- *BLUE DIAMOND*
- *BEYOND THE FATAL SHORE*
- *ANATOMY OF DESIRE*
- *[CNN Millennium](/source/CNN_Millennium)*
- *PANDEMONIUM*
- *SPENDING THE KIDS' INHERITANCE*
- *THE LAST MACHINE*
- *DEAD PRESIDENTS* EMMY nominated
- *[Inside Victor Lewis-Smith](/source/Inside_Victor_Lewis-Smith)*
- *10 x 10: WITH BOUNCING SOLES*
- *BURNING MAN*

## References

1. ["Absinthe Film Entertainment"](https://www.absinthefilmentertainment.com/). *Absinthe Film Entertainment website*

1. ["TV drama tells story of Hollywood great Orson Welles at Anglia Television"](https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2020-10-28/tv-drama-tells-story-of-hollywood-great-orson-welles-at-anglia-television). *ITV website*

1. ["The Importance of Being Oscar"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004gm6). *BBC website*

1. ["Saturday's TV, by Chris Bennion"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/whats-on-tv-and-radio-thisweekend-s7qktn5tc). *The Times website*

1. ["Rudolf Nureyev - Dance To Freedom"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/51/rudolf-nureyev-dance-to-freedom). *BBC website*

1. Genzlinger, Neil (7 February 2014). ["Television Review The Marriage, Pragmatic; The Relatives, Troubling"](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/arts/television/the-making-of-a-lady-offers-slow-suspense-on-pbs.html). *New York Times website*

1. ["Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures"](https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/agatha-christie-a-life-in-pictures-20051008-ge10e4.html). *The Age website*. 7 October 2005.

## External links

- [Richard Curson Smith](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193599/) at IMDb
- [*Richard Curson Smith*](https://web.archive.org/web/20210620172945/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba8d25eb1) at the [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute)[better source needed]

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