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 | Production |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7359 |
| Birthday | 1949-01-28 |
| Place of Birth | South Pasadena, California, USA |
| Also Known As |
2016
Chasing Heroin
0/0
America’s heroin and opioid crisis has been called the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history. FRONTLINE goes inside the crisis and places it in a fresh...
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Chasing Heroin
2019
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
8/5
One year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a two-hour FRONTLINE documentary investigates the rise and rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin S...
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The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
2011
Educating Sergeant Pantzke
0/0
FRONTLINE investigates for-profit universities and their predatory ways against those who have served in the military.
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Educating Sergeant Pantzke
2018
Separated: Children at the Border
0/0
The inside story of what happened to immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. The film explores the impact of the Trump administ...
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Separated: Children at the Border
2021
The Jihadist
0/0
Over most of two decades, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s life has been a roadmap of Islamist militancy in Iraq and Syria. Designated a terrorist by the Unit...
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The Jihadist
2008
The War Briefing
1/1
The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest foreign policy challenges in American history — an overstretched military, f...
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The War Briefing
2015
Obama at War
6/1
Military and diplomatic leaders examine some of the choices President Barack Obama faces regarding the Islamic State and the civil war in Syria.
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Obama at War
2025
Syria After Assad
10/1
Frontline examines Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, correspondent Martin S...
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Syria After Assad
2015
Inside Assad's Syria
10/1
Join correspondent Martin Smith in Syria as he reports from government-controlled areas while the war rages. With on-the-ground reporting and firsthan...
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Inside Assad's Syria
2007
Gangs of Iraq
0/0
Day after day scores of bodies litter the streets of Baghdad. To staunch the violence, the U.S. has spent billions to “stand up” the Iraqi forces. In...
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Gangs of Iraq
2023
America and the Taliban
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How did the U.S. lose the war in Afghanistan? Who bears responsibility? And what has been the human cost? Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporti...
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America and the Taliban
2016
Confronting ISIS
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Investigating the U.S.-led efforts to degrade and destroy ISIS. Reporting from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Turkey, the film examines the successes...
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Confronting ISIS
2014
The Rise of ISIS
7/2
FRONTLINE investigates the miscalculations and mistakes behind the brutal rise of ISIS. Correspondent Martin Smith, who made "Truth, War & Consequence...
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The Rise of ISIS
2004
Beyond Baghdad
0/0
In the summer of 2003, violence against the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq spiked alarmingly. Traveling across Iraq, FRONTLINE reporters went to see how t...
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Beyond Baghdad
2020
Targeting El Paso
0/0
FRONTLINE investigates how El Paso, Texas became the Trump administration’s immigration policy testing ground, and then the target of a white supremac...
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Targeting El Paso
2026
The Crown Prince & The President
9/2
Months into his second term, President Donald Trump welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. It had been seven years since...
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