
About
Ben Smithard
Overview
Ben Smithard, B.S.C., is a British cinematographer known for his work on period pieces, such as the films The Damned United (2009), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Goodbye Christopher Robin, The Man Who Invented Christmas (both 2017), Blinded by the Light and Downton Abbey (both 2019).
In television, Smithard served as cinematographer on the 2007 BBC One series Cranford (2007). He returned for the subsequent series, Return to Cranford, in 2009, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography. In 2012, Smithard received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Television Drama by the British Society of Cinematographers for his work on the "Henry IV, Part I" and "Henry IV, Part II" episodes of the BBC Two series The Hollow Crown
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Known for
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2025 | Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
2024 | Lonely Planet | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2024 | Lonely Planet | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 59 Average |
2023 | Freud's Last Session | Camera | Director of Photography | 60 Fair |
2023 | Allelujah | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2022 | The Son | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
2022 | The Bubble | Camera | Director of Photography | 52 Average |
2020 | The Father | Camera | Director of Photography | 78 Good |
2020 | The Father | Camera | Camera Operator | 78 Good |
2019 | Downton Abbey | Camera | Director of Photography | 67 Fair |
2019 | Downton Abbey | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 67 Fair |
2019 | Blinded by the Light | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 64 Fair |
2019 | Blinded by the Light | Camera | Director of Photography | 64 Fair |
2018 | King Lear | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 64 Fair |
2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Camera | Director of Photography | 64 Fair |
2017 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | Camera | Director of Photography | 65 Fair |
2017 | Goodbye Christopher Robin | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 65 Fair |
2017 | Diana and I | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2017 | Viceroy's House | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
2017 | Viceroy's House | Camera | Camera Operator | 61 Fair |
2015 | The Dresser | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
2015 | The Dresser | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 59 Average |
2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 61 Fair |
2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Camera | Director of Photography | 60 Fair |
2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Camera | Additional Director of Photography | 71 Good |
2013 | Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
2013 | Belle | Camera | Director of Photography | 66 Fair |
2012 | True Love | Camera | Director of Photography | 69 Fair |
2012 | I, Anna | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Camera | Director of Photography | 64 Fair |
2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Camera | "A" Camera Operator | 64 Fair |
2011 | The Trip | Camera | Director of Photography | 61 Fair |
2009 | The Day of the Triffids | Camera | Director of Photography | 62 Fair |
2009 | Freefall | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2009 | The Damned United | Camera | Director of Photography | 66 Fair |
2009 | A Short Stay in Switzerland | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2007 | Cranford | Camera | Director of Photography | 74 Good |
2006 | Glastonbury | Camera | Camera Operator | 58 Average |
2006 | Glastonbury | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
2000 | Jean | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |