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Kevin Smith: Biography

Kevin Smith

Birth Name: Kevin Patrick Smith
Birth Place: Highlands, NJ
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/02/1970, Leo
Profession: Director; screenwriter; actor; producer; comic-book writer

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Kevin Smith Fast Facts:

Briefly attended Vancouver Film School and went to work at a convenience store in Leonardo, N.J.
Was inspired to write his breakthrough movie, Clerks, after watching Slacker, Richard Linklater's 1991 independent comedy.
Filmed Clerks in three weeks at the convenience store where he worked for only $27,575; raised part of the budget by selling his extensive comic-book collection.
Served as executive producer on Ben Affleck's Good Will Hunting, with whom he often works (Chasing Amy; Jersey Girl).
Secretly married his wife at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch.
Named daughter Harley Quinn after The Joker's girlfriend in the Batman comic books.
Wrote Daredevil, Green Arrow and Spider-Man comics.
Received honorary doctorates of humane letters from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2000 and Montclair State University in 2004.
In 2010, was famously forced to leave a Southwest Airlines flight for being overweight.

Kevin Smith Relationships:
Donald Smith Jr. - Brother
Harley Quinn Smith - Daughter
Virginia Smith - Sister
Grace Smith - Mother
Donald Smith - Father
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith - Wife
Joey Lauren Adams - Ex-significant Other
Kevin Smith Awards:
1994 Sundance Film Festival: Filmmakers Trophy: Dramatic - Winner
College:
Attended The New School for Social Research, New York, NY; Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Traci Lords, Kevin Smith Todd Williamson/WireImage.com

Brian OHalloran, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith and Scott Mosier Jesse Grant/WireImage.com

Ben Affleck, Kevin Smith, Dogma Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

Jason Lee, Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes Lester Cohen/WireImage.com

Comic Book Men, Ming, Bryan, Kevin Smith, Mike, Walt David M. Russell/AMC

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