F. Percy Smith
Directing · Director · Director of Photography · Story
Born Jan 12, 1880 · London, England
Active 1908–1945
A distinguished pioneer of scientific filmmaking, Percy Smith was born in London in 1880. Working as a clerk at the Board of Education, Percy began to photograph the natural world around him, nursing a lifelong fascination with all manner…
Filmography
Nature's Handiwork (1921) — DirectorWisdom of the Wild (1940) — DirectorThe Birth of a Flower (1910) — Director · Director of PhotographyMinute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith (2016) — CinematographyThe Acrobatic Fly (1910) — DirectorThe Strength and Agility of Insects (1911) — DirectorPeas and Cues (1930) — Director · Director of PhotographyThe Tough 'un (1938) — Director of PhotographyThe Strangler (1930) — Director of Photography · DirectorTo Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909) — Director · Director of PhotographyThe Plants of the Pantry (1927) — Director · Director of PhotographyThe World in a Wine-Glass (1931) — Director of Photography · DirectorMagic Myxies (1931) — DirectorStory of the Silk Moth (1908) — DirectorRomance in a Pond (1932) — Director · Director of PhotographyBrewster's Magic (1933) — Director · Director of PhotographyThe Battle of the Plants (1926) — Director · Director of PhotographyFloral Co-operative Societies (1927) — Director of Photography · DirectorScarlet Runner & Co (1929) — Director · Director of PhotographyGathering Moss (1933) — Director · Director of PhotographyFresh As a Daisy (1945) — Director of PhotographyTale of a Tendril (1925) — Director · Director of PhotographyMemories (1944) — Director of PhotographyAmazing Maize (1933) — Director of Photography