C. Davis Smith
Known For: Camera
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 18, 1930
Day of Death: September 20, 2017 (87 years old)
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
"Somebody asked me to write a book about my experiences. I was gonna title it: "Twenty Years in the Porn Business, and I Never Got Laid." Sadly it's a true story!" Exploitation movie jack-of-all-trades Charles Davis Smith was born on June 18, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following a tour of duty in the US Air Force, Smith began his cinematic career in the industrial film business in the 1950s. He went on to shoot, edit, direct, write, and even act in numerous low-budget softcore sexploitation features made throughout the 1960s. After a stint working in mainstream television, Smith returned to his trash film roots and shot a handful of hardcore porn movies made in and around New York City in the 1970s. He is perhaps best known for his work as a cinematographer on a string of films for legendary Do-It-Yourself maverick schlock cinema auteur Doris Wishman, among them Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965), Another Day, Another Man (1966), Deadly Weapons (1974), Double Agent 73 (1974), Satan Was a Lady (1975) and A Night to Dismember (1983). In addition, he also shot movies for such directors as Victor Milt, Cecil Howard, and Zebedy Colt. Moreover, Smith edited music videos for The Manhattans, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Run-D.M.C.. He provided lively, entertaining, and illuminating commentaries on DVD reissues of assorted enjoyably down'n'dirty grindhouse features that he worked on in various capacities during his colorful and impressive East Coast underground cinema career. Smith died at age 87 on September 20, 2017.
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Actor Male Voyeur / Blindfolded Man
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
Story
A Taste of Flesh
Director of Photography
A Taste of Flesh
Writer
To Turn a Trick
Additional Photography
To Turn a Trick
Director
To Turn a Trick
Director
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
Writer
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
1966
Actor Professor Drake
The Girl from S.I.N.
Director of Photography
My Brother's Wife
Director of Photography
Another Day, Another Man
Writer
All My Men
Camera Operator
All My Men
Cinematography
All My Men
Director
All My Men
Editor
Banned
Cinematography
Banned
Editor
Hot Nights on the Campus
Director of Photography
The Girl from S.I.N.
Director of Photography
Hot Nights on the Campus
Director
The Girl from S.I.N.
Writer
The Girl from S.I.N.
