In 1996, Tracy Smith received a B.A. in English Literature from the University of British Columbia. She returned to UBC in 2000 for graduate school and attained an M.F.A. in Creative Writing with an emphasis on fiction and screenplay.

From early 2003 to January 2006, Tracy was part of the Brightlight Picture’s Development Department in which she was active in the development of projects such as "Going the Distance" (2004) for CHUM Television and Bruce Sweeney’s upcoming feature “American Venus”.

Tracy is on the board of directors for Women in Film and Video Vancouver and heads up the Exchange Mentorship program which puts women filmmakers in touch with established industry professionals who provide them with guidance and mentorship to help them advance their careers.

Her teaching and public speaking experience has included being a guest panelist for the Vancouver Film School, UBC, both the Final Draught and the Alibi Unplugged Reading Series. She has taught screenwriting and “Women in Film” classes for the Vancouver School Board Continuing Education Program and was part of the Praxis Screenwriting Center¹s Story Editor Internship Program in 2004.

Her short film “Sandra Gets Dumped” (Carly Pope) which she wrote and directed, was one of the five winning shorts for the 2005 Crazy8s Film Competition and was nominated for four Leo Awards including Best Short Drama and won for Best Screenwriting in a Short Drama and Best Performance by a Female in a Short Drama. Tracy’s most recent short project, “Sandra Goes to Whistler” aka “Sandra Gets Laid” was produced as one of three projects for the Whistler Film Festival’s Whistler Stories Program and screened as part of the Opening Gala Event in December 2005.

Currently, she is in post production on her feature film debut “Taming Tammy”, a lively modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew” starring Sarah-Jane Redmond, Garry Chalk and Aleks Paunovic.

Tracy d. Smith

Writer-Director

tracy@tracydsmith.com

Chad Smith

Producer

chad@assuredsoftware.com