Richard Curson Smith

Richard Curson Smith

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The Importance of Being Oscar

The Importance of Being Oscar

2019

Director

8.0
Directing

A star-studded BBC film of Oscar Wilde’s glittering and controversial career before his trial for homosexual crimes and tragic fall from grace. Highl...

Joe Orton Laid Bare

Joe Orton Laid Bare

2017

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Exploring the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him.

Son of Sam: The Hunt for a Killer

Son of Sam: The Hunt for a Killer

2017

Director, Writer

6.8
Directing Writing

A shocking serial murder case terrorized New York 40 years ago. Surviving victims, families of the deceased, and the detectives who worked on the case...

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

2017

Producer, Director

7.1
Producing Directing

In this unique, compelling film, those who knew him speak freely, some for the first time, to reveal the many mysteries of Francis Bacon.

Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey

Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey

2016

Director

Directing

Lucy Worsley traces the forgotten and fascinating story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London. Arriving in 1764 as an eight-year-old boy...

Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom

Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom

2015

Writer, Director, Producer

7.9
Writing Directing Producing

Dance, espionage and passion come together in this powerful and exciting docudrama that tells the extraordinary story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudo...

Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

2015

Director

Directing

Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how his life story influenced his work and vision.

The Making of a Lady

The Making of a Lady

2012

Director

6.1
Directing

Poor but intelligent Emily Fox Seton accepts a marriage proposal from the older Lord James Walderhurst, a widower pushed into providing an heir by his...

Miliband of Brothers

2010

Director

Directing

Charting the rise of the Milliband brother, from their left-wing upbringing to their University days, using dramatized scenes and interviews with peop...

Consenting Adults

Consenting Adults

2007

Director

5.7
Directing

Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homose...

Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia

2006

Director, Writer, Producer

6.0
Directing Writing Producing

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to ...

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

2004

Director, Screenplay

8.1
Directing Writing

A biopic of Agatha Christie including her 10 day disappearance.

Home

Home

2003

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

The ostensibly calm and courteous Gerald Ballantyne lives in and embodies modern suburbia. But he is haunted by the memory of a recent car crash and h...

The Private Lives of Pompeii

The Private Lives of Pompeii

2002

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

The Private Lives of Pompeii concentrates on the people that lived and worked in Pompeii at the time of its destruction, as depicted in the archaeolog...

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali

2002

Director

5.8
Directing

A comic drama about the weird and wonderful world of Salvador Dali and the Surrealists. This film charts Dali's meteoric rise from obscurity to the wo...

Star Trek Story

Star Trek Story

1996

Director, Producer

0.8
Directing Producing

Gene Roddenberry's Utopian vision of humanity in the 24th century had a profound effect on American viewers. During the height of the Cold War, the te...