Martin Smith
Martin Smith is a producer, writer, director and correspondent.Smith has directed dozens of nationally broadcast documentaries for CBS News, ABC News and PBS Frontline. His films range in topic from war in the Middle East to the 2008 financial crisis.
Known for
Syria After Assad
Inside Assad's Syria
The Crown Prince & The President
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
The Rise of ISIS
Obama at War
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
The War Briefing
America and the Taliban
The JihadistFilmography (17)
- 2026
The Crown Prince & The PresidentCorrespondent - 2025
Syria After AssadSelf - Reporter - 2023
America and the TalibanSelf - 2021
The Jihadist - 2020
Targeting El PasoSelf (Reporter) - 2019
The Crown Prince of Saudi ArabiaSelf - 2018
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi ArabiaSelf - 2018
Separated: Children at the Border - 2016
Chasing Heroin - 2016
Confronting ISISSelf - Reporter - 2015
Inside Assad's SyriaSelf - 2015
Obama at WarSelf - 2014
The Rise of ISISSelf - Reporter - 2011
Educating Sergeant Pantzke - 2008
The War BriefingSelf - 2007
Gangs of IraqNarrator - 2004
Beyond BaghdadSelf - Reporter
Crew (15)
- 2025Xi Jinpings Weg zur MachtDirector
- 2024China, The U.S., & The Rise of Xi XinpingDirector
- 2024Frontline: China, The U.S. & The Rise of Xi JinpingCreator
- 2023America And The TalibanWriter
- 2014United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy LostDirector
- 2014To Catch A TraderProducer
- 2012Money, Power & Wall StreetDirector
- 2009Obama's WarDirector
- 2007Spice Girls: Giving You EverythingProducer
- 2006Return of the TalibanWriter
- 2003Truth, War and ConsequencesWriter
- 2002In Search of Al QaedaWriter
- 2001Hunting Bin LadenWriter
- 1983FrontlineDirector
- —Xi Jinping – Aufstieg eines FührersDirector