Becky Smith

Becky Smith is an independent filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She has

written and directed award-winning documentaries and short narrative films,

as well as stage plays. She received the California Arts Council

Screenwriting Award and a Squaw Valley Screenwriting Grant for the

feature screenplay, THE BLUE SEASON.

Ms. Smith's most recent production is a half-hour narrative film DEATH BY VERTIGO. Ms. Smith was one of only six women selected to participate

in the American Film Institute's 1996 Directing Workshop for

Women, where the script was developed. DEATH BY VERTIGO was chosen

for main competition in the Montreux Film Festival, Montreux,

Switzerland, in April 1997. It was presented outside competition by Sony

Pictures at the Cannes Film Festival, May 1997.

In 1995 Ms. Smith wrote and directed CAPTURED LIGHT, an hour-long

documentary about the invention of photography for The History

Channel.

In 1994 Ms. Smith wrote, produced, and directed IN THE GAME, an hour-

long documentary exploring Title IX's effect in college women's athletics.

IN THE GAME aired nationally on PBS's FRONTLINE in March, 1994

and received outstanding national reviews. It received the 1995

Commendation Award from Women in Radio and Television for ""Best

Single Television Documentary"". It was also nominated for the prestigious

1995 IDA Award for ""best documentaries of 1994"".

Ms. Smith has been a Visiting Professor at UCLA in the Department of

Film & Television since 1995. She received her Masters Degree in Film

from Stanford University in 1984.