David Ross Smith

 

 

Mali: Festival au Desert
Caipirinha Productions, 2009
Rough cut excerpts from arts & culture short about Mali and its annual music festival in the Sahara desert.
  •   Camera: DRS
  •   Editor: Annukka Lilja
  •   Director: Iara Lee

Oil for Water: Niger Delta Crisis
Caipirinha Productions, 2008
Rough cut excerpts from short-form documentary about Nigeria and the crisis in the Niger Delta region.
  •   Camera: DRS
  •   Editor: Shola Ajayi
  •   Director: Iara Lee

Dancing in Rwanda: FESPAD 08
Caipirinha Productions, 2008
Arts & culture short created for the National Geographic Music Channel about Rwanda and its annual Pan African Dance Festival.
  •   Camera: DRS
  •   Editor: Collin Ruffino
  •   Director: Iara Lee

Cultures of Resistance: Rise Up & Act
Caipirinha Productions, 2008
Promotional teaser for Iara Lee's feature-length documentary, shot in over 20 countries by a handful of cameramen. I was the Director of Photography, responsible for shooting the majority of the film.
  •   Camera: DRS
  •   Editor: Collin Ruffino
  •   Director: Iara Lee

Under Over Across
National Geographic Channel, 2005
Outtakes from Greece, Denmark and Sweden, originally shot for two episodes of the Mega Structures series, Impossible Bridges.
  •   Cameras, Outtakes Editor: DRS
  •   Music: Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen, Jr.

County Jail
National Geographic Channel, 2007-2008
Opening teaser from Lockdown: County Jail.
  •   Editor: Dina Potocki
  •   Producer / Director, Writer, 2nd Camera: DRS

Scared Straight
National Geographic Channel, 2007
Sequences from Lockdown: Newbies.
  •   Editor: Abehjha Kibuuka
  •   Producer / Director, Co-Writer, 2nd Camera: DRS

Shakedown
National Geographic Channel, 2006-2007
Sequences from Lockdown: Total Control.
  •   Editor: Abehjha Kibuuka
  •   Producer / Director, Co-Writer, 2nd Camera: DRS

A Straightforward Individual
National Geographic Channel, 2006-2007
Sequences from Lockdown: Total Control.
  •   Editor: Abehjha Kibuuka
  •   Producer / Director, Co-Writer, 2nd Camera: DRS

Diamonds in the Arctic
National Geographic Channel, 2005
Opening teaser from Diamond Diggers: The Ekati Diamond Mine — the first episode of the Mega Structures series, Mega Movers.
  •   Editor: Cindy D'Agostino
  •   Coordinating Producer, Co-Writer: DRS
  •   Producer, Co-Writer: Kim Woodard