He directed American Movie,[1] which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.

[2] Smith has since directed several high-profile documentary projects for Netflix including the films, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017), Fyre (2019), "Sr." (2022), and Wham!

(2023); alongside the mini-series, The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (2019), Bad Vegan: Fame.

Smith was an executive producer on Tiger King which was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series in 2020.

In 2024, Smith also directed a six-part docusereies about the former President and CEO of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), Vince McMahon, titled Mr.