Brian Trenchard-Smith

Biography

Brian Trenchard-Smith is an Anglo Australian film and television director, producer, and writer, with a reputation for large scale movies on small scale budgets, many of which display a quirky sense of humor that has earned him a cult following. Quentin Tarantino referred to him in Entertainment Weekly as one of his favorite directors. His early work is featured in Not Quite Hollywood, an award winning documentary released by Magnolia. Among his early successes were the 20th Century Fox release The Man from Hong Kong, a wry James Bond/Chop Sockey cocktail, the Vietnam battle movie Siege of Firebase Gloria, and the futuristic satire Dead End Drive-In, a particular Tarantino favorite. 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. He has also directed 35 episodes of television series as diverse as Silk Stalkings, Time Trax, The Others, and Flipper. Born in England, where his Australian father was in the RAF, Trenchard-Smith attended UK's prestigious Wellington College, where he neglected studies in favor of acting and making short films, before migrating to Austr…

Directed

1. Leprechaun 3 (1995) — Director
2. Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997) — Director
3. Mission: Impossible (1988) — Director
4. Arctic Blast (2010) — Director
5. Night of the Demons 2 (1994) — Director
6. BMX Bandits (1983) — Director
7. Drive Hard (2014) — Director
8. Dead End Drive-In (1986) — Director
9. Turkey Shoot (1982) — Director
10. Absolute Deception (2013) — Director
11. Britannic (2000) — Director
12. Sahara (1995) — Director
13. The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) — Director
14. The Man from Hong Kong (1975) — Director
15. Frog Dreaming (1986) — Director
16. Silk Stalkings (1991) — Director
17. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001) — Director
18. Tyrannosaurus Azteca (2007) — Director
19. Flipper (1995) — Director
20. In Her Line of Fire (2006) — Director
21. Time Trax (1993) — Director
22. DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) — Director
23. Porky's: Pimpin' Pee Wee (2009) — Director
24. Tides of War (2005) — Director
25. Day of the Panther (1988) — Director
26. Chemistry (2011) — Director
27. Escape Clause (1996) — Director
28. Sightings: Heartland Ghost (2002) — Director
29. The Paradise Virus (2003) — Director
30. Stunt Rock (1978) — Director
31. Long Lost Son (2006) — Director
32. The Cabin (2011) — Director
33. Strike of the Panther (1989) — Director
34. The Others (2000) — Director
35. Atomic Dog (1998) — Director
36. Seconds to Spare (2002) — Director
37. Day of the Assassin (1979) — Director
38. Deathcheaters (1976) — Director
39. Voyage of Terror (1998) — Director
40. Official Denial (1993) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Not Quite Hollywood (2008) — Self
2. Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) — Self
3. The Man from Hong Kong (1975) — Martial Arts Heavy
4. Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010) — Self
5. Deathcheaters (1976) — Hit & Run Director
6. Tales of the Uncanny (2020) — Self
7. Thanatomania (2023)
8. Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell (2024) — Major Paul Anders
9. The Leprechaun Chronicles (2014)