Chris Smith (1) (1964–)
Author of The Lord of the Rings Weapons and Warfare
For other authors named Chris Smith, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Chris Smith was born in 1970 and attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Graduate Film Program in 1995 after completing his film American Job. He met Mark Borchardt while editing American Job, and began filming a documentary about the making of Mark's psychological thriller Coven. Both films show more played at the Sundance Film Festival, and American Movie won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. Sony bought the picture for $1 million. In 2016 Chris collaborated with Jon Stewart on the book The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests which made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1964
- Gender
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- Tolkein editor for Harper Collins
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- Chris Smith was born ten years after The Lord of the Rings was first published. He read the book in the year The Silmarillion was released, and he sold thousands of copies of J.R.R. Tolkien's works during his many years in bookselling. Smith was appointed Tolkien editor in the year that preproduction began on Peter Jackson's award-winning movie trilogy.
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