- Known For
- Camera
- Born
- June 18, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- September 20, 2017
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 …
Filmography
movieMeet-Cute Fantasies Vol. 1
2025 · Director
Better than Sex! or: How to Make a Wishman Film
movieBetter than Sex! or: How to Make a Wishman Film
2018 · Himself
movieEach Time I Kill
2007 · Director of Photography
movieStep Into the Third Dimension
1989 · Editor
Babes in Joyland
movieBabes in Joyland
1987 · Director of Photography
movieA Night to Dismember
1983 · Director of Photography
movieThe Erotic Adventures of Lolita
1982 · Director of Photography
movieNeon Nights
1981 · Director of Photography, Editor
movieNeon Nights
1981 · Editor, Director of Photography
movieUnwilling Lovers
1977 · Editor, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
movieCome with Me My Love
1976 · Director of Photography, Co-Director
movieThe Farmer's Daughters
1976 · Director of Photography
movieWhite Fire
1976 · Director of Photography
movieSatan Was a Lady
1975 · Director of Photography
movieBig Abner
1975 · Sound, Director of Photography
movieThe Immoral Three
1975 · Director of Photography
movieIn-Flight Service
1975 · Director
movieCertified Mail
1974 · Cinematography, Lighting Technician
movieDeadly Weapons
1974 · Cinematography
movieBadge '69'
1974 · Lighting Technician, Director of Photography
movieDouble Agent 73
1974 · Cinematography
movieThe Young Nymphs Kitty and Kathy
1973 · Narrator
movieRosebud
1972 · (as Charles Lamont)
movieKeyholes Are for Peeping
1972 · Director of Photography
movieThe Altar of Lust
1971 · Hans
movieThe Amazing Transplant
1971 · Director of Photography
movieScorpio '70
1970 · Editor
movieThe Ultimate Voyeur
1969 · Writer
Graffiti
movieGraffiti
1969 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
movieToo Much Too Often!
1968 · Director of Photography
movieIndecent Desires
1968 · Director of Photography
movieTo Turn a Trick
1967 · Writer, Additional Photography, Director
movieA Taste of Flesh
1967 · Story, Director of Photography
movieFile X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
1967 · Male Voyeur / Blindfolded Man, Director, Writer
movieMy Brother's Wife
1966 · Director of Photography
movieHot Nights on the Campus
1966 · Editor, Director of Photography
movieThe Girl from S.I.N.
1966 · Professor Drake, Director of Photography, Writer
movieBanned
1966 · Editor, Cinematography
movieAll My Men
1966 · Writer, Camera Operator, Cinematography, Director
movieBad Girls Go to Hell
1965 · Director of Photography
movieThe Sex Perils of Paulette
1965 · Editor, Director of Photography
movieLust and the Flesh
1965 · Associate Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
movieThe Sexploiters
1965 · Cameraman, Additional Photography
movieCrazy Wild and Crazy
1964 · Director of Photography, Editor