Richard Smith is a British screenwriter and film director. He wrote Trauma, starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari,[1] and multi-award-winning half-hour film, Leonard.
Biography
editA graduate in Scriptwriting from the University of Salford, he won a BAFTA Scotland award in 2002. His films have premiered at Sundance and Edinburgh Film Festival, and appeared at many others the world over. His work focuses on the psychology of loneliness, human failure and the ability/inability for people to overcome themselves. He's represented by The Rod Hall Agency in London.
His films include a feature version of Leonard (with Kinetic Arts/Crab Apple Films), an adaptation of Anthony Holden's Big Deal (with Celador) and TV movie Auntie Rita (with Scottish Media Group).
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Leonard | Example |
| 2004 | Trauma | As writer |
| 2006 | Mono | as writer/director |
| 2019 | The Garden of Evening Mists | as screenwriter, based on the eponymous novel[2] |
Awards
edit- Leonard
- The Audience Award at the 2002 Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival
- The Organization Prize at the 2002 Algarve Film Festival, the award for Best Single Drama at the 2002 Mental Health Media Awards
- Best Fiction at the 2002 Tehran Festival.
References
edit- ^ Monahan, Mark (7 March 2005). "DVDs of the week: Patrice Leconte and more". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (10 May 2018). "HBO and Malaysia's Astro Partner on 'The Garden of Evening Mists'". Variety. Retrieved 15 May 2018.