F. Percy Smith
Directing · Director · Director of Photography · Animation
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 PhotographyMagic Myxies (1931) - DirectorThe World in a Wine-Glass (1931) - Director of Photography · DirectorStory of the Silk Moth (1908) - DirectorRomance in a Pond (1932) - Director of Photography · DirectorBrewster's Magic (1933) - Director · Director of PhotographyThe Battle of the Plants (1926) - Director · Director of PhotographyFloral Co-operative Societies (1927) - Director · Director of PhotographyScarlet Runner & Co (1929) - Director · Director of PhotographyGathering Moss (1933) - Director of Photography · DirectorFresh As a Daisy (1945) - Director of PhotographyTale of a Tendril (1925) - Director · Director of PhotographyMemories (1944) - Director of PhotographyAmazing Maize (1933) - Director of Photography