Kent Smith is an Australian
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...
and
film producer, and founding partner of the Kojo group of companies.
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Career
Smith began his career as a cinematographer in Australian Television with
Seven Network
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Australia
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in 1972.
After more than a decade working in network television in
Victoria
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* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
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and
South Australia
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, where he won many national and international awards, Smith established his own Adelaide-based production company, Kent Smith Productions, in 1984.
He spent seven years working with some of Australia’s largest corporate clients, then in 1991 he expanded the business to form the Kojo Group, with the help of creative partners, John Chataway, Dale Roberts, Marty Pepper and, in 2002, Steve Wise.
In 2005, Smith took the Kojo Group into feature film production, starting with the film ''
2:37'', which was an Official Selection at the
2006 Cannes Film Festival
The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Chinese filmmaker Wong Kar-wai served as jury president for the main competition, the first Chinese to preside over the jury. English filmmaker Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or for th ...
. His subsequent films include ''
Beautiful
Beautiful, an adjective used to describe things as possessing beauty, may refer to:
Film and theater
* ''Beautiful'' (2000 film), an American film directed by Sally Field
* ''Beautiful'' (2008 film), a South Korean film directed by Juhn Jai-h ...
'', which earned an
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Cinema of Australia, Australian film indu ...
award nomination, and ''
The Tree'', which was also an Official Selection and the Closing Film at
2010 Cannes Film Festival
The 63rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 2010. American filmmaker Tim Burton served as jury president for the main competition. Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the dram ...
.
Films
Smith’s film producing credits include:
See also
*
Cinema of Australia
The cinema of Australia began with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received international recogni ...
References
External links
*
Kent Smith at Official Kojo website
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Australian film producers
Australian television producers
Living people
Mass media people from Adelaide
Year of birth missing (living people)