Dylan Akio Smith (born September 21, 1974, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian film director and producer.[1] He is most noted for his 2004 short film Man. Feel. Pain., which won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

His early short film Imetacanine won the award for best film at the ReelFast 48-Hour Film Festival in 2003.[1]

He also directed the feature film The Cabin Movie (2005),[3] and was co-director with Kris Elgstrand of Doppelgänger Paul (2011).[4] He has been a frequent collaborator with Elgstrand and Brad Dryborough in the Whatever Institute filmmaking collective.[5]

More recently he has worked as a cinematic director for Electronic Arts, most notably on several installments of the FIFA video game series.

References

  1. 1 2 David Spaner, "Really good movies, ReelFast: Dylan Akio Smith had 48 hours to make winning film". The Province, August 26, 2003.
  2. ↑ Liam Lacey, "Hotel Rwanda wins top festival prize". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2004.
  3. ↑ Glen Schaefer, "The Cabin Movie's now a Blockbuster". The Province, June 11, 2006.
  4. ↑ Marsha Lederman, "Doppelganger Paul: An unconventional, unpredictable and happy turn of events". The Globe and Mail, February 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ Katherine Monk, "An orgy in a cabin --how Canadian is that?". Vancouver Sun, October 12, 2005.


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