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.
The Farmer's Daughters
(Director of Photography)
Unwilling Lovers
(Editor)
Unwilling Lovers
(Director of Photography)
Unwilling Lovers
(Camera Operator)
My Brother's Wife
(Director of Photography)
Another Day, Another Man
(Director of Photography)
Each Time I Kill
(Director of Photography)
The Sex Perils of Paulette
(Editor)
All My Men
(Director)
All My Men
(Writer)
All My Men
(Cinematography)
All My Men
(Camera Operator)
Banned
(Cinematography)
Banned
(Editor)
Deadly Weapons
(Director of Photography)
Double Agent 73
(Director of Photography)
Crazy Wild and Crazy
(Director of Photography)
Indecent Desires
(Director of Photography)
Hot Nights on the Campus
(Director of Photography)
Hot Nights on the Campus
(Editor)
The Sexploiters
(Additional Photography)
The Girl from S.I.N.
(Director of Photography)
Lust and the Flesh
(Associate Producer)
Lust and the Flesh
(Director of Photography)
Lust and the Flesh
(Editor)
A Taste of Flesh
(Story)
A Taste of Flesh
(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)
Scorpio '70
(Editor)
Satan Was a Lady
(Director of Photography)
The Sex Perils of Paulette
(Director of Photography)
Step Into the Third Dimension
(Editor)
Too Much Too Often!
(Director of Photography)
To Turn a Trick
(Director)
To Turn a Trick
(Writer)
To Turn a Trick
(Additional Photography)
Certified Mail
(Cinematography)
Certified Mail
(Lighting Technician)
Badge '69'
(Director of Photography)
Badge '69'
(Lighting Technician)
Babes in Joyland
(Director of Photography)
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
(Writer)
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
(Director)
Crazy Wild and Crazy
(Editor)
Big Abner
(Sound)
Come with Me My Love
(Director of Photography)
The Girl from S.I.N.
(Director)
The Girl from S.I.N.
(Writer)
White Fire
(Director of Photography)
The Immoral Three
(Director of Photography)
A Night to Dismember
(Director of Photography)
Big Abner
(Director of Photography)
The Ultimate Voyeur
(Writer)