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Carol Smetana

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Carol Smetana is known for Red Dawn (1984), The Natural (1984) and Dragnet (1987).
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    Known for

    Red Dawn (1984)
    Red Dawn
    6.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Carol Jean Smetana)
    • 1984
    Robert Redford in The Natural (1984)
    The Natural
    7.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1984
    Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks in Dragnet (1987)
    Dragnet
    6.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 1987
    Melvin and Howard (1980)
    Melvin and Howard
    6.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Carol Jean Smetana)
    • 1980

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks in Dragnet (1987)
      Dragnet
      6.0
      • first assistant director: second unit
      • 1987
    • Ernie Hudson, Adam West, Randi Brooks, and Keenan Wynn in The Last Precinct (1986)
      The Last Precinct
      7.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1986
    • A Time to Triumph (1986)
      A Time to Triumph
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1986
    • The Best Times (1985)
      The Best Times
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1985
    • Red Dawn (1984)
      Red Dawn
      6.3
      • second assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1984
    • Robert Redford in The Natural (1984)
      The Natural
      7.4
      • second assistant director
      • 1984
    • American Playhouse (1980)
      American Playhouse
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1984
    • Maud Adams, Dennis Franz, Craig T. Nelson, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and Richard Lawson in Chicago Story (1982)
      Chicago Story
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1982
    • Lou Grant (1977)
      Lou Grant
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1980–1981
    • Melvin and Howard (1980)
      Melvin and Howard
      6.8
      • second assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1980
    • Barry Bostwick, Greta Garbo, and Kristina Wayborn in The Silent Lovers (1980)
      The Silent Lovers
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1980
    • Marilyn Monroe, Lloyd Bridges, and Constance Forslund in The Silent Lovers (1980)
      This Year's Blonde
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1980
    • James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Irene Cara, Dorian Harewood, Debbi Morgan, Georg Stanford Brown, Avon Long, and Beah Richards in Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
      Roots: The Next Generations
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • second assistant director (as Carol Jean Smetana)
      • 1979
    • The Courage and the Passion (1978)
      The Courage and the Passion
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 1978
    • How the West Was Won (1976)
      How the West Was Won
      8.2
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1978

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      • Carol Jean Smetana

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