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Scott Smith | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Television and film director |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Known for | Rollercoaster (1999), Falling Angels (2003), As Slow as Possible (2008) |
Scott Smith is a Canadian television and film director. He has won multiple film festival awards for his 1999 film Rollercoaster . He also directed the 2003 film Falling Angels , based on the Barbara Gowdy novel, which achieved a nomination from the Directors Guild of Canada for Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Feature Film. [1]
In 2008, he directed and photographed the feature documentary, As Slow as Possible , which follows blind author Ryan Knighton on a pilgrimage to Germany to hear a single note change in the notorious 639 year-long performance of the John Cage composition Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow As Possible).
Since then, he has directed the pilots for Carter , Call Me Fitz , the MTV remake of UK Skins and was the producing director in Season One of the Syfy hit The Magicians . Other credits include the This is Wonderland and The Chris Isaak Show .
He continues to split his time between Vancouver and Hornby Island, B.C. where he is the artistic director of the Hornby Island Film Festival.
