Biography
Brian Trenchard-Smith (b. 1946, Great Britain) is one of the essential creative figures of the wave of Australian pulp movies from the 1970s and 80s. An old hand at action spectaculars laced with hair-raising stunts, he bid farewell to this unrepeatable creative period with the inventive self-reflexive title Dead-End Drive In (1986). Thanks to the shift in distribution, the majority of his later action films were released exclusively on video. In addition to the karate flicks Day of the Panther (1988) and Strike of the Panther (1988), he also created the war movies The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) and Sahara (1995). Since the mid 1990s he has mainly directed for television, where he has remained faithful to action thrillers and other genres of the fantastic.
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Director
Movies | |
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2014 |
Drive Hard |
2013 |
Deception |
2011 |
The Cabin (TV movie) |
2010 |
Arctic Blast |
2009 |
Pimpin' Pee Wee |
2007 |
Tyrannosaurus Azteca |
2006 |
In Her Line of Fire |
Long Lost Son (TV movie) |
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2005 |
Tides of War (TV movie) |
2003 |
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (TV movie) |
The Paradise Virus (TV movie) |
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2002 |
Seconds to Spare (TV movie) |
Sightings: Heartland Ghost (TV movie) |
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2001 |
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 |
2000 |
Britannic (TV movie) |
1999 |
Happy Face Murders (TV movie) |
1998 |
Atomic Dog (TV movie) |
Voyage of Terror (TV movie) |
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1997 |
Doomsday Rock (TV movie) |
1996 |
Escape Clause (TV movie) |
Leprechaun 4: In Space |
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1995 |
Leprechaun 3 |
Sahara (TV movie) |
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1994 |
Night of the Demons 2 |
1993 |
Official Denial (TV movie) |
1989 |
Out of the Body |
The Siege of Firebase Gloria |
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1988 |
Day of the Panther |
Strike of the Panther |
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1986 |
Dead End |
Jenny Kissed Me |
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The Quest |
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1983 |
BMX Bandits |
1982 |
Escape 2000 |
1980 |
Crash |
1979 |
Day of the Assassin |
1976 |
Deathcheaters |
1975 |
The Man from Hong Kong |
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2000 |
The Others |
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Unnamed (E02) |
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1995 |
Flipper |
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1993 |
Time Trax |
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Fire and Ice (S01E03) |
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1992 |
Tarzán |
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Tarzan and the Enemy Within (S01E23) |
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1991 |
Silk Stalkings |
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Tarzán |
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Tarzan and the Woman of Steel (S01E22) |
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Tarzan Tames the Bronx (S01E21) |
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Tarzan and the Test of Friendship (S01E20) |
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1989 |
Mission: Impossible |
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The Pawn (S01E08) |
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Countdown (S02E05) |
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1983 |
Five Mile Creek |
Documentaries | |
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1989 |
Dangerfreaks |
1978 |
Hospitals Don't Burn Down |
1975 |
The Love Epidemic |
1974 |
Kung Fu Killers (TV movie) |
The Making of Stone (TV movie) |
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1973 |
Dare Devils |
Producer
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2005 |
Tides of War (TV movie) |
Documentaries | |
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1975 |
The Love Epidemic |
1974 |
Kung Fu Killers (TV movie) |
1973 |
Dare Devils |
Actor
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2023 |
Thanatomania |
1976 |
Deathcheaters |
1975 |
The Man from Hong Kong |
Documentaries | |
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2020 |
Clapboard Jungle |
Tales of the Uncanny |
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2018 |
The Depths of a Legend: Looking Back on Frog Dreaming |
2010 |
Machete Maidens Unleashed! |
1973 |
Dare Devils |
Screenwriter
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1988 |
Day of the Panther |
Strike of the Panther |
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1980 |
Crash |
Documentaries | |
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1975 |
The Love Epidemic |
1974 |
Kung Fu Killers (TV movie) |
1973 |
Dare Devils |
Guest
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2006 |
The Bazura Project |