Kevin Smith
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
School of Communication
Degrees
MFA in film from USC. BFA in Creative Writing and Literature, Emerson College.
Bio
Kevin is a filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright and college professor. He is a two time semi-finalist for the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Fellowship. A short film he wrote, “A Very Fair Deal” premiered at the LA Shorts Festival in 2011. (It was directed by Tony Leech, the director of the Miramax feature film “Hoodwinked.”) Kevin’s feature screenplay “Easy On The Eyes” was a finalist for both the Chicago Pride Screenwriting Festival (where it was performed live on stage) and the "One In Ten" screenwriting contest.
Kevin’s stage play “Top and Bottom” had successful runs in Los Angeles, Provincetown and off-Broadway NYC. He was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference in both 2012 and 2013.
He graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a BFA in Creative Writing and Literature. He later attended the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where he earned his MFA.
