C. Davis Smith
"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.
Crew
The Farmer's Daughters
Director of Photography
Unwilling Lovers
Editor, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
My Brother's Wife
Director of Photography
Each Time I Kill
Director of Photography
The Sex Perils of Paulette
Editor, Director of Photography
All My Men
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Camera Operator
In-Flight Service
Director
Banned
Cinematography, Editor
Crazy Wild and Crazy
Director of Photography, Editor
Indecent Desires
Director of Photography
Hot Nights on the Campus
Director of Photography, Editor
The Sexploiters
Additional Photography
The Girl from S.I.N.
Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Lust and the Flesh
Associate Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
A Taste of Flesh
Story, Director of Photography
Keyholes Are for Peeping
Director of Photography
The Erotic Adventures of Lolita
Director of Photography
The Amazing Transplant
Director of Photography
Bad Girls Go to Hell
Director of Photography
Satan Was a Lady
Director of Photography
Step Into the Third Dimension
Editor
Too Much Too Often!
Director of Photography
To Turn a Trick
Director, Writer, Additional Photography
Certified Mail
Cinematography, Lighting Technician
Badge '69'
Director of Photography, Lighting Technician
Babes in Joyland
Director of Photography
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
Writer, Director
Big Abner
Sound, Director of Photography
Come with Me My Love
Director of Photography
White Fire
Director of Photography
The Immoral Three
Director of Photography
A Night to Dismember
Director of Photography
The Ultimate Voyeur
Writer
Neon Nights
Director of Photography, Editor
Graffiti
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Meet-Cute Fantasies Vol. 1
Director
Deadly Weapons
Cinematography
Double Agent 73
Cinematography
