Tony Dean Smith

Last updated

Tony Dean Smith (born 12 October 1977) is a screenwriter director and editor for film and television.

Contents

Smith was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

An award-winning graduate of the Vancouver Film School, he was selected to be one of five directors for the Directors Guild of Canada 'KickStart' 2003 program, resulting in Best Short Film Leo Award for his film, Reflection, 2004.

Smith has directed numerous episodes for the television series Robson Arms , written and directed the Whistler Webisodes and co-directed the comedy Summerhood (written and directed by Jacob Medjuck).

He is the director and co-writer of the science-fiction feature film Volition . [1] [2] [3]

As a picture editor for film, TV and music videos, Smith's editing has received awards, nominations and numerous festival entries.

Starting from the third installment, he has edited or co-edited every installment of the Signed, Sealed, Delivered movie series.

Filmography

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfonso Cuarón</span> Mexican filmmaker

Alfonso Tiberio Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alma Reville</span> English film editor and screenwriter (1899–1982)

Alma Lucy Reville, Lady Hitchcock was an English screenwriter and film editor. She was the wife of film director Alfred Hitchcock. She collaborated on scripts for her husband's films, including Shadow of a Doubt, Suspicion, and The Lady Vanishes, as well as scripts for other directors, including Henrik Galeen, Maurice Elvey, and Berthold Viertel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Montgomery (actor)</span> American actor (1904–1981)

Robert Montgomery was an American actor, director, and producer. He began his acting career on the stage, but was soon hired by MGM. Initially assigned roles in comedies, he soon proved he was able to handle dramatic ones, as well. He appeared in a wide variety of roles, such as the weak-willed prisoner Kent in The Big House (1930), the psychotic Danny in Night Must Fall (1937), and Joe, the boxer mistakenly sent to Heaven in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). The last two earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Gilroy</span> American screenwriter (born 1956)

Anthony Joseph Gilroy is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote the screenplays for the original Bourne trilogy (2002–2007) and wrote and directed the fourth film of the franchise, The Bourne Legacy (2012). He also wrote and directed Michael Clayton (2007) and Duplicity (2009), earning nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the former.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">American Cinema Editors</span> Association of film editors

Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the post-nominal letters "ACE". The organization's "Eddie Awards" are routinely covered in trade magazines such as The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. The society is not an industry union, such as the I.A.T.S.E., to which an editor might also belong. The current president of ACE is Kevin Tent, who was elected in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dean Devlin</span> American filmmaker

Dean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor of film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with director Roland Emmerich, and for his work on the Librarian and Leverage television franchises. He is a co-founder of the production companies Centropolis Entertainment and Electric Entertainment.

<i>Bill Moyers Journal</i> American current affairs television series (1972–76; 1979–81; 2007–10)

Bill Moyers Journal was an American television current affairs program that covered an array of current affairs and human issues, including economics, history, literature, religion, philosophy, science, and most frequently politics. Bill Moyers executive produced, wrote and hosted the Journal when it was created. WNET in New York produced it and PBS aired it from 1972 to 1976.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kat Dennings</span> American actress (born 1986)

Katherine Victoria Litwack, known professionally as Kat Dennings, is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), and the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision (2021).

Patrick Lussier is a Canadian-American filmmaker and editor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magda Apanowicz</span> Canadian actress

Magda Apanowicz is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Andy Jensen in the ABC Family series Kyle XY, as Lacy Rand in the Syfy science fiction drama series Caprica, and as Emily in the science fiction series Continuum.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antony Gibbs</span>

Antony Gibbs was an English film and television editor with more than 40 feature film credits. He was a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Film director</span> Person who controls the artistic and dramatic aspects of a film production

A film director is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the producer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Stein</span> American film director

Adam Stein is an American film director and screenwriter working in Los Angeles, California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jason V. Brock</span> American writer, artist, filmmaker, musician

Jason Vincent Brock is an American author, artist, editor and filmmaker.

Fred Raskin, A.C.E. is an American film editor. He is best known for editing three installments in The Fast and the Furious film series, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and the Guardians of the Galaxy film trilogy. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (1991–1995).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris McKay</span> American filmmaker and animator

Christopher McKay, is an American filmmaker and animator. He is best known for directing and editing three seasons of Robot Chicken and two seasons of Moral Orel. He made his feature directorial debut with The Lego Batman Movie (2017), and has also directed The Tomorrow War (2021) and Renfield (2023).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Muschietti</span> Argentine filmmaker (born 1973)

Andrés Walter Muschietti is an Argentine film director and screenwriter who had his breakthrough with the 2013 film Mama. He gained further recognition for directing both films in the It film series, the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel and its 2019 sequel, It Chapter Two. In 2023, he directed the DC Extended Universe film The Flash.

Trish Dolman is a Canadian film and television director and producer. She is most noted for her 2017 documentary film Canada in a Day, for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Documentary Program at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hannah Kasulka</span> American actress

Hannah Kasulka is an American actress known for her role as Casey Rance in the 2016 Fox television series The Exorcist, and as Meegan Bishop in Filthy Preppy Teen$.

Touchdown is a 2024 British science fiction film directed by Josephine Rose in her feature directorial debut. It premiered at the 2024 FrightFest.

References

  1. August 29; reflects, 2019 at 06:39 Electric Shadows; says, rounds-up the 2019 Arrow Video FrightFest (27 August 2019). "Will Power: Tony Dean Smith Talks Volition". Electric Shadows. Retrieved 7 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. Hughes, Kat (24 August 2019). "'Volition' Review: Dir Tony Dean Smith [Frightfest 2019]". THN - The Hollywood News. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. Hughes, Kat (5 August 2019). "Spotlight on Frightfest 2019: Filmmakers Tony Dean Smith and Ryan W. Smith Discuss 'Volition'". THN - The Hollywood News. Retrieved 7 April 2020.