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Iain Smith OBE (born 8 January 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish film producer. He is known for his productions of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Fountain (2006), Children of Men (2006) and The Fifth Element (1997), among others.
In 1994 he co-produced Stephen Frears' "Mary Reilly" starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich, for Tristar Pictures, followed by Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" in 1996, which starred Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman, and was produced by his company Zaltman Films Ltd for Gaumont.
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In 1994 he co-produced Stephen Frears' "Mary Reilly" starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich, for Tristar Pictures, followed by Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" in 1996, which starred Bruce Willis and Gary Oldman, and was produced by his company Zaltman Films Ltd for Gaumont.
- January 8, 1949
A staunch advocate of film and television production in his native Scotland, Iain has lobbied for a purpose built film and TV studio north of the border for a number of years – a project green-lit in early 2017 – as well as promoting inward investment from the Scottish Government.
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In 1976, Smith formed his own production company in partnership with Jon Schorstein (Smith Schorstein Associates Ltd) and produced television commercials, documentaries, children's feature films and low-budget dramas.
Feb 19, 2015 · Describing himself appropriately as a ‘Globally-inclined Film Producer,’ our latest Met Masterclass guest, Iain Smith OBE, has some serious credits under his belt. His CV reads like the history of filmmaking, with his career beginning as a line producer for David Puttnam on big ambitious movies like The Killing Fields and The Mission .
