John Smith (English filmmaker)

John Smith (born 1952, Walthamstow, East London, England) is a British avant garde filmmaker and professor of Fine Art based in London. His work has been noted for his use of humour in exploring various themes that often play upon the film spectator's conditioned assumptions of the medium, and he is therefore often associated with structural film.

His 1976 film The Girl Chewing Gum has been called one of the most important avant-garde films of the 20th century.