Rob Smith

Force of Nature -- FORCE OF NATURE (UK/US 75 minutes/2011) Documentary / performance Camera: Katrina McPherson Editor: Simon Fildes Music: Stephen Heather Additional Camera and sound: Rosalind Masson, Rob Page, Vidal Bini, Fred Parsons Funded by Goat Media, Creative Scotland, University of Dundee, University of Illinois. Produced by Goat Media in association with University of Illinois Champaign Urbana. A documentary featuring the renowned improvising dance artist Kirstie Simson. Over five years, Katrina filmed Kirstie Simson performing and teaching across Europe, culminating in a one-off performance with Michael Schumacher, Kenzo Kusuda and Dai Jian at the Universal Hall in July 2010. Force of Nature combines specially filmed performance, documentary footage and in-depth interviews with Kirstie, in which she talks about her life-long practice, and her passionate belief in the power of dance to bring people together and transform lives. Kirstie Simson has been a continuous explosion in the contemporary dance scene, bringing audiences into contact with the vitality of pure creation in moment after moment of virtuoso improvisation. She is an award-winning dancer and teacher who has 'immeasurably enriched and expanded the boundaries of New Dance'. according to Time Out Magazine, London. For the past thirty years Kirstie has collaborated with many dancers and musicians who share a common interest in Improvisation, including Julyen Hamilton, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Simone Forti, Andrew Harwood, Russell Maliphant, Michael Schumacher, Adam Benjamin and Le Quan Ninh. In January 2008 Kirstie joined the faculty of the Dance Department at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, USA, where she is a full-time teacher of Dance Improvisation.

Freedom of Speech Comedy Show: Season 1: Episode 8 -- The late night comedy show that doesn't hold back. No Contests! No Gimmicks! No Censorship!!! Just comics doing what they do best - Being Funny!!! Episode 8: Featured Comedians: Don Barnhart, Steve Smith and Rob Sherwood

Oct: Highlight Hand in Hand Benefit concert to help flood victims of the Philippines was presented by the Philippine Aid Society(PAS). The event was organized by music sensation Arnold G in West Hollywood at the venue: Rage. The line up of performers were amazing and included:the Silk Sisters, Stuart Guest, Kris Searle, Jael, Lotonius Earl, Royalty Dancers, Jezda, Fawn, Rob EC, iconic Asha Puthili, B Boys, & Darion Movasseigh on drums. Steven Escobar from Diversity News was in attendance among others. The event was hosted by Elaine Lockley-Smith. They raised a little over $500 which helps benefit many who have suffered and its able to feed a village of people. http://www.philippineaid.org/read-our-blog/

King's Ransom movie trailer - starring Jay Mohr, Anthony Anderson, Regina Hall, Donald Adeosun Faison, Leila Arcieri, Kellita Smith. Directed by Jeff Byrd. Theatrical Release Date: 4/22/2005 Genre: Comedy