Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate," Smith fused rock and poetry in her work.
Known For
Song to Song
(2017)
Patti Smith
The Rugrats Movie
(1998)
Newborn Baby (singing voice)
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
(2019)
The Punk Poet
The Big Empty
(2003)
Traveler
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
(2022)
Self
Full Filmography
Acting
Chelsea Hotel
(1970)
Self
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
(1971)
Narrator (uncredited)
West Side Stories
(1971)
Night Lunch
(1975)
Self
The Blank Generation
(1976)
Self
Patti Smith Live in Stockholm 1976
(1977)
Self
Still Moving/Patti Smith
(1978)
Herself
Patti Smith Group: Live on Rockpalast
(1979)
Performer
No. 18: Mahagonny
(1980)
Burroughs: The Movie
(1984)
Self
Rock My Religion
(1984)
Dancing Barefoot
(1995)
Self
Scenes from Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit
(1997)
Herself
The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 1
(1997)
Self
The Rugrats Movie
(1998)
Newborn Baby (singing voice)
John Cale: An Exploration of His Life & Music
(1998)
Self (archive footage)
Benjamin Smoke
(2000)
Herself
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
(2000)
Self
25 Years of Punk
(2001)
Self (archive footage)
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
(2001)
Self
What the Punk - An MVD Sampler
(2002)
Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You
(2002)
Self
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
(2003)
Brian Wilson: On Tour
(2003)
Self
The Big Empty
(2003)
Traveler
Patti Smith - Live at Montreux 2005
(2005)
Herself
The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: Punk & New Wave
(2006)
Self
NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
(2007)
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
(2007)
Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
(2007)
Self
Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
(2007)
Self
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
(2008)
Self
New York Rock at the BBC
(2008)
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur
(2008)
Self
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
(2009)
Self
All Tomorrow's Parties
(2009)
Self
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
(2009)
herself
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
(2009)
Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
(2010)
Self
Film Socialisme
(2010)
La chanteuse
Bruce Springsteen - The Promise – The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town
(2010)
Self
Sleepless Nights Stories
(2011)
Self
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
(2013)
Self
Bruce Springsteen A MusiCares Tribute
(2014)
Self
Three Stones for Jean Genet
(2014)
The 8th Floor
(2014)
Self
Girls in Bands at the BBC
(2015)
U2: iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Live in Paris - 06/12/2015
(2015)
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
(2016)
Self (voice) (uncredited)
The Book of Conrad
(2016)
I Am La Scala
(2016)
Self
Song to Song
(2017)
Patti Smith
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
(2017)
Self
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
(2017)
Self
Uncle Howard
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Kurt Everywhere
(2018)
Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
(2018)
Herself
Spheres
(2018)
Narrator (Voice)
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
(2019)
The Punk Poet
Eric Burdon: Rock´n´Roll Animal
(2019)
Self
WBCN and the American Revolution
(2019)
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
(2020)
Self
Now
(2021)
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(2021)
Self
Patti Smith: Electric Poet
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
(2022)
Self
Chornobyl
(2023)
Self
Ron Delsener Presents
(2023)
Self
One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two
(2024)
Self (archive footage)
Turn in the Wound
(2024)
Writing
Long for the City (Patti Smith in New York)
(2009)
Screenplay
Three Stones for Jean Genet
(2014)
Screenplay
Production
Sound