Marc Smerling
Marc Smerling is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and director.[1] He was nominated for an Oscar for Capturing the Friedmans in 2003, and co-wrote and produced The Jinx, a six-part HBO documentary on suspected murderer Robert Durst.[2] He directed the FX docuseries A Wilderness of Error based on the book of the same name.[3]
Education
Smerling attended S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and has earned a Master of Arts degree in film production from University of Southern California.[4]
Career
Early in his career, Smerling was the associate producer of NBC's Gangs, Cops and Drugs with Tom Brokaw, and The New Hollywood. He then founded production company Notorious Pictures, producing and directing more than a hundred television commercials and music videos.[5]
Smerling partnered up with
In 2010, Smerling produced and wrote his first narrative feature film
Smerling and Stuart-Pontier co-created the podcast
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Producer | Writer |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Capturing the Friedmans | Yes | |
2010 | All Good Things | Yes | Yes |
2010 | Catfish | Yes |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Cinematographer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Catfish: The TV Show | Yes | |||
2015 | The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
|
Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2020 | A Wilderness of Error | Yes | Yes |
References
- ^ "Marc Smerling - IMDb". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2019-02-26. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ^ "'The Jinx' creators cancel interviews, release statement | EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ N'Duka, Amanda (2020-04-24). "Emmy Winner, 'All Good Things' Writer-Producer Marc Smerling Launches Truth Media". Deadline. Archived from the original on 2020-05-08. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
- ^ "Marc Smerling — KCRW". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-23.
- ^ "Who's Who — THE JINX". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
- ^ Longworth, Karina. "Doc or Not, Catfish Is Stranger Than Fiction". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Marc Smerling - Biography - IMDb". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ^ "Marc Smerling | Television Academy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ Ducker, Eric (13 December 2016). "Not-So-Divine Providence". The Ringer.
- ^ "Marc Smerling, Zac Stuart-Pontier, and the Expanding Web of Crimetown". Interview Magazine. 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "Crooked City: Youngstown, OH on Apple Podcasts". 7 November 2022.
External links
- Marc Smerling at IMDb