Biography

David Vincent Smith is an award-winning Western Australian writer and director. His latest proof of concept short film I'M NOT HURTING YOU premiered at the Sydney Film Festival and screened at numerous local and international film festivals, including Flickerfest and Austin Film Festival. The feature script, HE AIN'T HEAVY, was awarded West Coast Visions production funding and the the team have been working with script editor Lynne Vincent McCarthy (THE NIGHTINGALE, RELIC) on the latest draft.

In 2013, David received directing training from acclaimed tutor Judith Weston in Los Angeles, whose students include Best Picture Oscar winner Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE) and Alejandro González Iñárritu director of THE REVENANT and BIRDMAN.

In 2016, David was a recipient of Screenwest's Feature Navigator program, a year-long initiative designed to develop future feature filmmakers. As a part of the program, he spent three months in Serbia as the Director's Attachment on Netflix's twenty million dollar sci-fi film EXTINCTION.

David's other accolades include FEATHERWEIGHT (written by David and directed by Sam Lara), which screened at Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Flickerfest and more; his short film WE WERE HERE was awarded Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Actress at the WA Screen Awards.

He's also recently received funding to write two new movies, the science fiction film THE JESUS MACHINE and SALINA, a period witch film with co-writer Jess Parker.

Recently, David directed three artistic videos for the WA Museum to celebrate its opening and directed the the headline act, BILYA BENEATH, for Perth's International Art Festival.
- IMDb mini biography by: David Vincent Smith