Department of Theater, Film, and Television

As a filmmaker, Michael Smith has worked around the world in documentary and narrative productions, including lensing documentary episodes for ESPN, independent films in Scotland, a whale documentary in Alaska, and a kung fu film in Italy. As a cinephile, he produced the City of the Angels Film Festival in 2005 and has served as the director of the CCCU Cinema Studies Conference. He is also pursuing a doctorate in education at the Educational Leadership Program at UCLA.

Smith is an alumnus of Wheaton College and a former Peace Corps volunteer, and earned an MFA in film and video production at the University of Southern California. He maintains his interest in journalism by contributing many film criticism articles for publications including Policy Review and Relevant magazine. Smith has overseen the development of over 600 student short films and looks forward to many more.