| Gregorio Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gregorio Smith August 10, 1974 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | film director, producer and screenwriter |
Gregorio Smith is an independent filmmaker and writer. His writing career began with a two-year stint as the News Editor for WBMB Baruch College Radio. Outside the station Gregorio also wrote and staged several one-act plays and served as a contributing entertainment correspondent for the college newspaper.
After earning a BBA in Operations Management from Baruch College, Gregorio wrote several screenplays including The Staten Island Catapult which was adapted into an award-winning documentary in 2005. The same year also yielded the completion of his first novel entitled, Birds.
A second documentary, Bootleg This Movie premiered in 2007.
Smithkraft Productions, an independent multimedia production company was founded by Gregorio in 2003 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
A documentary feature adaptation of his novel Birds premiered at the Anthology Film Archives February 2010. 'Birds' was also an official selection of the Denver Underground Film Festival. A documentary short entitled, What Birds Eat premiered during the NewFilmmaker Series at the Anthology Film Archives in November 2007.
He is currently working on his first full-length documentary tentatively titled "Truth Be Told".