Person
Marc Smerling
Production
Biography
Marc Smerling is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and director. He was nominated for an Oscar for Capturing the Friedmans in 2003, and co-wrote and produced The Jinx, a six-part HBO documentary on suspected murderer Robert Durst. He directed the FX docuseries A Wilderness of Error based on the book of the same name.
Known for
Smoke
Executive Producer
All Good Things
Writer
The Jinx
Self
Mind Over Murder
Executive Producer
A Wilderness of Error
Director
Catfish
Producer
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones: Live at the Quick
Director
Capturing the Friedmans
Producer
Lust for Fear - True Crime Fascination
Self
Train: Midnight Moon
Writer
Filmography
- 2025SmokeExecutive Producer
- 2023Lust for Fear - True Crime FascinationSelf
- 2022Mind Over MurderExecutive Producer
- 2020A Wilderness of ErrorDirector
- 2015The JinxSelf
- 2010All Good ThingsWriter
- 2010CatfishProducer
- 2003Capturing the FriedmansProducer
- 2002Béla Fleck & the Flecktones: Live at the QuickDirector
- 2002Train: Midnight MoonWriter
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