Richard Smith is a British
screenwriter
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...
and
film director
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. He wrote ''
Trauma
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*Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source
*Psychological trauma, a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event
*Traumatic inju ...
'', starring
Colin Firth
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and
Mena Suvari,
and multi-award-winning half-hour film, Leonard.
Biography
A graduate in Scriptwriting from the
University of Salford, he won a
BAFTA Scotland award in 2002. His films have premiered at
Sundance
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*Sundance, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
*Sundance, Manitoba, a ghost town
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and
Edinburgh Film Festival
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, and appeared at many others the world over. His work focuses on the psychology of loneliness, human failure and the ability/inability for people to overcome themselves. He's represented by The
Rod Hall Agency in
London
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.
His films include a feature version of Leonard (with Kinetic Arts/Crab Apple Films), an adaptation of
Anthony Holden
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's ''Big Deal'' (with
Celador
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) and TV movie Auntie Rita (with
Scottish Media Group
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).
Filmography
Awards
;''Leonard''
* The Audience Award at the 2002 Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival
* The Organization Prize at the 2002 Algarve Film Festival, the award for Best Single Drama at the 2002 Mental Health Media Awards
* Best Fiction at the 2002 Tehran Festival.
References
External links
*
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Alumni of the University of Salford
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Scottish screenwriters