Kent Smith (producer)

For other people named Kent Smith, see Kent Smith (disambiguation).
Kent Smith
Occupation Film producer
Language English
Nationality Australian
Years active 1972-

Kent Smith is an Australian cinematographer and film producer, and founding partner of the Kojo group of companies.[1][2]

Career

Smith began his career as a cinematographer in Australian Television with Seven Network Australia in 1972. [2]

After more than a decade working in network television in Victoria and South Australia, where he won many national and international awards, Smith established his own Adelaide-based production company, Kent Smith Productions, in 1984. [2]

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,[3][4] with the help of creative partners, John Chataway,[5] Dale Roberts, Marty Pepper and, in 2002, Steve Wise.[2]

In 2005, Smith took the Kojo Group into feature film production, starting with the film 2:37,[6] which was an Official Selection at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. His subsequent films include Beautiful, which earned an Australian Film Institute award nomination, and The Tree, which was also an Official Selection[7] and the Closing Film at 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[8]

Films

Smith’s film producing credits include:

Feature films Year Director(s)
2:37 (Official selection Cannes) 2006 Murali K. Thalluri
Beautiful (AFI nomination) 2009 Dean O'Flaherty
Closed for Winter 2009 James Bogle
The Tree (Official selection Cannes) 2010 Julie Bertuccelli
Sons & Mothers 2013 Christopher Houghton
The Pack[9][10] 2015 Nick Robertson
Short films Year Director(s)
Frames 2004 Mat King
Spike Up (AFI Best Short Fiction Film) 2007 Anthony Maras

See also

References

  1. ↑ George, Sandy (20 March 2009). "Kent Smith: Australia's newest mini-mogul". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 LinkedIn Kent Smith. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Swift, Brendan (11 July 2011). "Kojo Group integrates business divisions, appoints Barbara Devlin". IF.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  4. ↑ IMDb Kojo Productions [au]. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ↑ The Advertiser (9 October 2010) SA media identity loses his battle. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  6. ↑ George, Sandy (27 October 2005). "Australia's Kojo Group moves into film production". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Festival de Cannes 2010 (2010). "The Tree by Julie Bertuccelli: closing film of the 63rd Festival de Cannes.". Publicis Modem agency. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  8. ↑ Carnival Askew (25 May 2010). "THE TREE RECEIVES A SEVEN MINUTE STANDING OVATION AT THE CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  9. ↑ South Australian Film Corporation Cast announced for South Australian horror/thriller The Pack. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  10. ↑ FilmInk ‘The Pack’ To Shoot In South Australia. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


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