John Anthony "Tony" Smith (born January 1945) is a British manager and music and film producer. He was

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for the band Genesis, for the solo careers of

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Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks (musici ...

and Tony Banks, and co-manager of

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. In 2000, the Music Managers Foundation presented him with the Peter Grant Award. In his early career he promoted shows, with acts such as The Beatles,

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and the Who. Tony Smith went on to co-found (with Jon Crawley in 1977) the Hit & Run Music Publishing house, located in the United Kingdom. Along with Hilary Shor, he has expanded into film production under the name Hit and Run Productions. As a film producer, he has produced the films '' Children of Men'' and ''Eye of the Beholder''. Smith is a historic car racer and has owned an

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Sanction II Coupe, one of only four ever made, which in 2012 was auctioned by

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for a record-breaking £1.2 million with fees.

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