Jack Smight

Career Overview

Jack Smight has 46 screen credits in a career dating back to 1948. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Airport with 1 titles. Signature works include Midway, Harper, Damnation Alley. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

46

Birth Date

1925-03-09

Birth Place

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Known For

• 

  Midway
• 

  Harper
• 

  Damnation Alley
• 

  Airport 1975
• 

  Loving Couples
• 

  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• Airport (1 titles)
• Lew Harper Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Kip Niven (3 collaborations)
• Charlton Heston (2 collaborations)
• James Coburn (2 collaborations)
• Robert Wagner (2 collaborations)
• Robert Webber (2 collaborations)
• Ed Nelson (2 collaborations)
• Erik Estrada (2 collaborations)
• Robert Ito (2 collaborations)
• Lloyd Kino (2 collaborations)
• Henry Fonda (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (41 credits)

  • The Enchanted Nutcracker

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Airports

    director

    directing
    2025
  • Miles Davis: The Cool Jazz Sound

    director

    directing
    2005
  • The Favorite

    director

    directing
    1989
  • Number One with a Bullet

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Remembrance Of Love

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Loving Couples

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Fast Break

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    director

    directing
    1978
  • Damnation Alley

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Midway

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Airport 1975

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Frankenstein: The True Story

    director

    directing
    1974
  • The Man from Independence

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Legend in Granite

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Linda

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Double Indemnity

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Partners in Crime

    director

    directing
    1973
  • The Longest Night

    director

    directing
    1972
  • The Screaming Woman

    director

    directing
    1972
  • Columbo

    - Dead Weight (1971) ... director directing
    1971
  • Rabbit, Run

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Traveling Executioner

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Illustrated Man

    director

    directing
    1969
  • Strategy of Terror

    director

    directing
    1969
  • No Way to Treat a Lady

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Secret War of Harry Frigg

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Kaleidoscope

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Harper

    director

    directing
    1966
  • The Third Day

    director

    directing
    1965
  • I'd Rather Be Rich

    director

    directing
    1964
  • The Paragon

    director

    directing
    1963
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    - The Dark Pool (1963) ... director directing

    - The Lonely Hours (1963) ... director directing

    - The Paragon (1963) ... director directing

    - What Really Happened (1963) ... director directing
    1962
  • Dr. Kildare

    - Oracle (1963) ... director directing
    1961
  • Route 66

    - Hey Moth, Come Eat The Flame (1962) ... director directing

    - Love is a Skinny Kid (1962) ... director directing

    - Good Night, Sweet Blues (1961) ... director directing
    1960
  • The Sound of Miles Davis

    director

    directing
    1959
  • The Twilight Zone

    - Twenty Two (1961) ... director directing

    - The Night of the Meek (1960) ... director directing

    - The Lateness of the Hour (1960) ... director directing

    - The Lonely (1959) ... director directing
    1959
  • Naked City

    - Dead on the Field of Honor (1961) ... director directing
    1958
  • The Sound of Jazz

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Climax!

    - The White Carnation (1954) ... director directing
    1954
  • Studio One

    - Presence of the Enemy (1958) ... director directing

    - The Furlough (1957) ... director directing

    - The Man Who Wasn't Himself (1957) ... director directing

    - The Out-of-Towners (1957) ... director directing
    1948

• actors (3 credits)

  • The Making of Midway

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Fast Break

    Dibber

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Tattooed Steiger

    actor

    actors
    1969

• production (2 credits)

  • The Traveling Executioner

    producer

    production
    1970
  • The Third Day

    producer

    production
    1965