Dylan Akio Smith (born September 21, 1974, in

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film director and producer.David Spaner, "Really good movies, ReelFast: Dylan Akio Smith had 48 hours to make winning film". ''

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'', August 26, 2003. He is most noted for his 2004 short film ''

Man. Feel. Pain. ''Man. Feel. Pain.'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Dylan Akio Smith and released in 2004."A thumbnail look at some of the 40 Canadian short subjects being screened at this year's Toronto International Film Festival". Canadian Press, ...

'', which won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the

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. His early short film ''Imetacanine'' won the award for best film at the ReelFast 48-Hour Film Festival in 2003. He also directed the feature film ''

The Cabin Movie ''The Cabin Movie'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Dylan Akio Smith and released in 2005. The film centres on a group of friends who try to reignite their lackluster sex lives by renting a cabin in the woods to have an orgy and rec ...

'' (2005), and was co-director with

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of '' Doppelgänger Paul'' (2011). He has been a frequent collaborator with Elgstrand and

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in the Whatever Institute filmmaking collective.Katherine Monk, "An orgy in a cabin --how Canadian is that?". ''

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'', October 12, 2005. More recently he has worked as a cinematic director for

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, most notably on several installments of the '' FIFA'' video game series.

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* 1974 births Film directors from Vancouver Film producers from British Columbia Canadian people of Japanese descent Living people Canadian Film Centre alumni {{Canada-film-director-stub