The Genre Director

Brian Trenchard-Smith has been credited by Quentin Tarantino as one of his favorite directors. He has a reputation for making large scale movies on small scale budgets and had early successes with 20th Century Fox’s martial arts film, Man from Hong Kong, the Vietnam themed Siege of Firebase Gloria, the futuristic satire Dead In Drive-In and two horror comedies, An American Leprechaun in Vegas and Leprechaun in Space. Two of his films, BMX Bandits, showcasing a 15-year old Nicole Kidman, and Miramax’s The Quest, starring ET’s Henry Thomas, won prizes at children’s film festivals in Montreal and Europe. On television, he directed the cable remake of the World War II classic, Sahara, USA Films’ Atomic Dog and Official Denial, Showtime’s Escape Clause and the highly rated Ann-Margret starrer, Happy Face Murders. He also has directed over 36 episodes from television series such as Silk Stalkings, Time Trax and Flipper.

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