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Scott Smith Biography

Birth Name:Scott Smith

Birth Place:Alberta, Canada

Profession Director, Producer, Writer, Camera department, Assistant director

Fast Facts

Has been nominated for more than 13 awards for his direction and production work
Has won multiple awards for his work, including Most Popular Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival for "Rollercoaster" and a VFCC Award for Best Director - Canadian Film for "Falling Angels․"
His first directing credit was a short film made in 1994 called "Building Fences․"
His first television directing credit was for a series called "The Adventures of Shirley Holmes," about the grand-niece of the famous Sherlock Holmes
His best known and most well-received films are "Falling Angels" and "Rollercoaster," both of which earned numerous awards
Best known for directing episodes of such TV series as "Call Me Fitz" and "Skins․"
He directed the 2003 film "Falling Angels," which was based on a novel by Barbara Gowdy

1999Most Popular Canadian Film-: winner
2000Film Award-Best Drama: winner
2000SXSW Competition Award-Narrative Feature: winner
2001Best Narrative Feature-: winner
2001Best of Fest-Best Dramatic Feature: winner
2003Best Ontario Feature-: winner
2003Silvie Award-: winner
2004DGC Craft Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Feature Film: nominated
2004Film and Literature Award-: nominated
2004Gemini-Best Direction in a Dramatic Series: nominated
2004VFCC Award-Best Director - Canadian Film: nominated
2011Banff Rockie Award-Best Sitcom: nominated
2011DGC Team Award-Television Series - Comedy: winner
2011Gemini-Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series: winner
2013DGC Team Award-Television Series - Comedy: winner
2016DGC Team Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series: nominated