Brian Trenchard-Smith

ActorProducerDirectorWriterCrew Jun 1 (age 79) England, UK 1973–2024 (51 year career)

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Biography

Brian Trenchard-Smith is an Anglo Australian film and television director, producer, and writer, with a reputation for large scale movies on small scale budgets, many of which display a quirky sense of humor that has earned him a cult following. Quentin Tarantino referred to him in Entertainment Weekly as one of his favorite directors. His early work is featured in Not Quite Hollywood, an award winning documentary released by Magnolia. Among his early successes were the 20th Century Fox release …

Known For

Film

Mission: Impossible

Director

Film

Leprechaun 3

Director

Film

Night of the Demons 2

Director

Film

Not Quite Hollywood

Self

Film

Arctic Blast

Director

Film

Britannic

Director

Film

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Self

Film

BMX Bandits

Director

Filmography

Acting (8)

Movies (8)

Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell

2024

as Major Paul Anders

Thanatomania

2023

Tales of the Uncanny

2020

as Self

7.0

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019

as Self

6.8

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

as Self

Not Quite Hollywood

as Self

Deathcheaters

as Hit & Run Director

5.8

The Man from Hong Kong

1975

as Martial Arts Heavy

6.6

Crew (75)

Movies (67)

Elimination Game

Executive Producer

Drive Hard

Director

Drive Hard

Screenplay

Absolute Deception

Director

The Cabin

Director

Arctic Blast

Director

Malibu Shark Attack

Producer

Porky's: Pimpin' Pee Wee

Director

Tyrannosaurus Azteca

Director

Long Lost Son

Director

In Her Line of Fire

Director

In Her Line of Fire

Producer

Tides of War

Director

Tides of War

Producer

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

Director

The Paradise Virus

Director

The Paradise Virus

Producer

Seconds to Spare

Director

Seconds to Spare

Writer

Sightings: Heartland Ghost

2002

Director

4.3

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Director

Britannic

Director

Britannic

Writer

Happy Face Murders

Director

Atomic Dog

Director

Voyage of Terror

Director

Leprechaun 4: In Space

Director

Doomsday Rock

Director

Escape Clause

Director

Sahara

Director

Leprechaun 3

Director

Night of the Demons 2

Director

Official Denial

Director

Resistance

Thanks

Demonstone

Executive Producer

Strike of the Panther

1989

Director

4.1

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

Director

Out of the Body

Director

Day of the Panther

Additional Dialogue

Day of the Panther

Director

Dangerfreaks

Director

Dangerfreaks

Writer

Frog Dreaming

Director

Jenny Kissed Me

Director

Dead End Drive-In

Director

BMX Bandits

Director

Turkey Shoot

Director

Blood Tide

Co-Producer

That Dangerous Summer

1980

Director

Day of the Assassin

1979

Director

4.5

Hospitals Don't Burn Down

Director

Stunt Rock

Director

Stunt Rock

Screenplay

Deathcheaters

Director

Deathcheaters

Producer

Deathcheaters

Story

The Man from Hong Kong

1975

Director

6.6

The Man from Hong Kong

Screenplay

The Love Epidemic

Director

The Love Epidemic

Writer

Kung Fu Killers

Director

Kung Fu Killers

Producer

Kung Fu Killers

Writer

The World of Kung Fu

Director

The Stuntmen

Director

The Stuntmen

Producer

The Stuntmen

Writer

Television (8)

Chemistry

Director

The Others

Director

Flipper

Director

High Tide

Director

Time Trax

Director

Silk Stalkings

Director

Mission: Impossible

Director

Special Squad

Director