A graduate of the film program from B.C.'s Simon Fraser University, Scott Smith holds degrees in both Fine Arts (Film) and Business Administration (Marketing). In 1995, on the strength of his award-winning thesis short film Building Fences, Smith was invited to attend the Norman Jewison-founded Canadian Film Centre as a Director Resident. While attending the Centre in Toronto, he continued to hone his skills as a writer and director and in 1996 this culminated in the production of his second short film Sshhh. The film was screened at several international festivals and won the prize for Best Short Film at the Karlovy Vary Festival in Czechoslovakia. In 1997, Sshhh was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short.

Smith's first feature film, rollercoaster, premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival, has been screened at over 35 film festivals worldwide and has won several awards, including Best Narrative Feature at the SXSW Film and Music Festival in Austin, Texas and Most Popular Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Stephen Holden from the New York Times wrote ­ "astounding ... captures the crude anarchic language and daredevil vulnerability of teenagers with a scary accuracy."

rollercoaster was released theatrically in both Canada and the United States in 2000/2001. Scott directed the pilot episode of CTV's The Associates, as well as recent episodes of Cold Squad, The Chris Isaak Show, and Tom Stone. He is currently in post production on the $4M feature film adaptation of Barbara Gowdyıs novel, Falling Angels, with Triptych Media in Toronto.

My update: It premiered at the Toronto Film Fest and then Vancouver's in September'03 to terrific reviews. FALLING ANGELS is now available on DVD with directorıs commentary, deleted scenes etc.

Scott has a busy career directing for tv, and is currently working on two documentaries. And he still finds time to knock off early to dash down to his old beater sailboat in False Creek and stretch the sails on English Bay 3 days a week. A most impressive guy!