contact: bsmithfilm@gmail.com

Brett Allen Smith is a filmmaker and journalist most recently covering conflict zones in Iraq, Israel and Palestine. His films have screened in over 80 international festivals and museum exhibitions including DOK Leipzig, SXSW, Millennium Docs Against Gravity and the Philadelphia MoCA. His debut feature, NEVER, was produced by Outlaw Productions (SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE) and released in cinemas across North America in 2016. The following year he co-directed the TV documentary feature THREE BOYS for RTL, Germany’s largest public broadcaster. Brett has made films under the guidance of some of cinema’s leading contemporary auteurs, including Werner Herzog and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. In 2024 he was awarded an Artist’s Residency by the Ingmar Bergman Estate on Fårö Island.

Filmography:

• YOU HAVE [1] UNHEARD MESSAGE / short documentary / 2023 / as director
• AU REVOIR, PUGS / short documentary / 2023 / as director
• MIERDA / short narrative / 2022 / as director
• DANGEROUS DOG / short documentary / 2020 / as director
• THREE BOYS / feature documentary / 2017 / as co-director, editor, cinematographer
• HAVE YOU SEEN MY WIFE? / short narrative / 2016 / as director
• CRYING MAN / short narrative / 2016 / as director
• NEVER / feature narrative / 2016 / as director
• NO MATTER WHAT / feature narrative / 2011 / as producer

Festivals / Awards:

• YOU HAVE [1] UNHEARD MESSAGE / Cannes Film Festival / Out of Competition; Special Video Installation / 2023
• AU REVOIR, PUGS / DOK Leipzig, Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Docaviv / International Competition / 2023-2024
• DANGEROUS DOG / Documentaria, Docs Without Borders, DocuWest Film Festival / International Competition / 2020-2022 / Human Spirit Award, Best Doc Short (Docs Without Borders)
• NEVER / Cinequest, Torino Film Festival, VisionFest, Seattle LQBTQ+ Film Festival / 2016 / Best Screenplay of the Year, Best Actress of the Year (Domani Vision Society Award)
• NO MATTER WHAT / SXSW, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival / 2011