Kevin Smith Biography (1970-)

Full name, Kevin Patrick Smith; born August 2, 1970, in Red Bank, NJ; son ofDonald (a postal worker) and Grace Smith; married Jennifer Schwalbach (a journalist, actress, and director), April 1999; children: Harley Quinn. Addresses: Agent: Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Office: View Askew Productions, 116 Broad St., Red Bank, NJ 07701.; Publicist: Angellotti Company, 12423 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA 91604.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Writer, director, producer, editor, actor
Birth Details
August 2, 1970
Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Himself, Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary (documentary short film), 1992
  • Silent Bob, Clerks, Miramax, 1994
  • Silent Bob, Mallrats, Gramercy, 1995
  • (As Silent Bob) Himself, Drawing Flies, 1996
  • Silent Bob, Chasing Amy, Miramax, 1997
  • Silent Bob, Dogma, Miramax, 1999
  • Himself, View Askew's Look Back at Mallrats (documentary short film), Universal, 1999
  • Himself, The Blair Clown Project, 1999
  • Director, Big Helium Dog, 1999
  • Himself, Film-Fest DVD: Issue 4--Hawaii, 2000
  • Himself, Chasing Kevin, 2000
  • Silent Bob, Lucy You Love It (documentary), 2000
  • Silent Bob, Scream 3, Miramax, 2000
  • Martan Ingram, Vulgar, Lions Gate Films, 2000
  • Silent Bob, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dimension Films, 2001
  • Himself, Starwoids (documentary), Film Threat DVD and Video, 2001
  • Himself, Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma (documentary short film),Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2001
  • Himself, Stan Lee's "Mutants, Monsters, and Marvels" (documentary), Creative Light Worldwide, 2002
  • Himself, An Evening with Kevin Smith (documentary), Sony PicturesEntertainment, 2002
  • Himself, Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century (documentary short film), 2002
  • Married guy, Now You Know, Lumberyard Productions, 2002
  • Jack Kirby (forensic assistant), Daredevil (also known as Daredevil 1.5), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
  • Himself, The Men without Fear: Creating "Daredevil" (documentary),Twentieth Century-Fox, 2003
  • Himself, Comic Book: The Movie, Miramax Home Entertainment, 2004
  • Himself, Snowball Effect: The Story of Clerks (documentary), Miramax, 2004
  • Himself, Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party (documentary), 2004
  • Silent Bob, The Passion of the Clerks, Miramax, 2005
  • Film Work
  • Director, editor, and producer, Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary (documentary short film), 1992
  • Producer, editor, and (with Scott Mosier) director, Clerks, Miramax, 1994
  • Director and (uncredited) producer, Mallrats, Gramercy, 1995
  • (With Mosier) Executive producer, Drawing Flies, View Askew/Good Load Productions, 1996
  • Producer, A Better Place, 1997
  • Co-executive producer, Good Will Hunting, 1997
  • Director, editor, and (uncredited) producer, Chasing Amy, Miramax,1997
  • Executive producer, Preacher, 1999
  • Executive producer, Big Helium Dog, 1999
  • Director, editor, (uncredited) producer, and (as Kevin P. Smith) puppeteer, Dogma, Miramax, 1999
  • Executive consultant and (uncredited) executive producer, Tail LightsFade, Trimark Pictures, 1999
  • Executive producer, Vulgar, 2000
  • Director, editor, and executive album producer, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dimension Films, 2001
  • Producer, Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma (documentary short film),Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2001
  • Director, executive producer, and editor, Jersey Girl, Miramax, 2004
  • Director, Clerks: The Lost Scene (animated short film), Miramax, 2004
  • Director, producer, and co-editor, The Passion of the Clerks, Miramax, 2005
  • Executive producer, Reel Paradise (documentary), Miramax, 2005
  • Executive producer and producer, The Green Hornet, Miramax, 2005
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Voice of Silent Bob, Clerks (animated; also known as Clerks: The Cartoon and Clerks: Uncensored), ABC, 2000
  • Also appeared as regular correspondent, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC.
  • Miniseries
  • Himself and Silent Bob, I Love the '90s (documentary), VH1, 2004
  • Specials
  • Himself, Independent's Day, Sundance Channel, 1998
  • Panelist, 9 Movie Moments That Made the 90's (documentary), MTV, 1999
  • Himself, The Concert for New York City, VH1, 2001
  • Himself, Reel Comedy: Jay and Silent Bob, 2001
  • The Inside Reel: Digital Filmmaking (documentary), PBS, 2001
  • Himself, Heroes of Black Comedy (documentary), Comedy Central, 2002
  • Himself, The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, Sci-Fi Channel, 2002
  • Himself, Wizard World Chicago (documentary), 2002
  • Himself, Intimate Portrait: Jennifer Lopez (documentary), Lifetime, 2002
  • Himself, Roadside Attractions, 2002
  • Himself, Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked (documentary), History Channel, 2003
  • Presenter, The 3rd Annual DVD Exclusive Awards, F/X, 2003
  • When Star Wars Ruled the World (documentary), VH1, 2004
  • Also appeared in Jay & Silent Bob's Video Stash, MTV.
  • Episodic
  • "Rio Ghosto," Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network, 1998
  • Himself, "God," Dennis Miller Live, HBO, 2000
  • Tony's wife's nephew, "Black, White and Blue," Law & Order, NBC, 2000
  • Himself, "George Carlin: More than Words," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
  • Himself, Exposure, Sci-Fi Channel, 2000
  • Himself, "Pete Goes to Work," Project Greenlight, HBO, 2001
  • Himself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002, 2003, 2004
  • Himself, Dinner for Five, Independent Film Channel, 2003, 2004
  • "Hal Jordan/Green Lantern," Duck Dogers, 2003
  • Himself, Extra, syndicated, 2003
  • Voice of Hal Jordan, "The Green Loontern," Duck Dodgers, Carton Network, 2003
  • Himself, "Superheroes," SuperSecret Movie Rules, 2004
  • Captain "Eric" Scurvy, Mad TV, Fox, 2004
  • Himself, "The Premiere," Yes, Dear, CBS, 2004
  • Himself, Much on Demand, 2005
  • Himself, "West End Girls," Degrassi: The Next Generation, 2005
  • Himself, "Goin' Down the Road: Parts 1 & 2," Degrassi: The Next Generation, 2005
  • Also appeared in Electric Playground, syndicated; as reenactment performer, "Bar Blast (2)/DUI Teen Driver," Rescue 911.
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • Executive producer, Clerks (animated; also known as Clerks: TheCartoon and Clerks: Uncensored), ABC, 2000
  • Movies
  • Director and (uncredited) editor, The Flying Car, 2002
  • Specials
  • Director, "Why I Love New #*$%!&@ York," The Concert for New York, VH1, 2001
  • RECORDINGS
  • Music Videos; as Director
  • Directed Afroman's "Because I Got High," 2001; Stroke 9's "Kick Some Ass," 2001; Soul Asylum's "Can't Tell Even"; The Goops' "Build Me Up, Buttercup."
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary (documentary short film),1992
  • Clerks, Miramax, 1994
  • Mallrats, Gramercy, 1995
  • Chasing Amy, Miramax, 1997
  • Fletch 3, Universal, 1998
  • (Uncredited) Overnight Delivery, 1998
  • Dogma,Miramax, 1999
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dimension Films, 2001
  • Jersey Girl, Miramax, 2004
  • Clerks: The Lost Scene (animated short film), Miramax, 2004
  • The Passion of the Clerks, Miramax, 2005
  • The Green Hornet, Miramax, 2005
  • Fletch Won, 2006
  • Also wrote the rejected script for Superman Lives.
  • Film Songs
  • (As Kevin P. Smith) "Mooby Theme" and "Jay's Rap 2001," Jay and SilentBob Strike Back, 2001
  • Television Movies
  • The Flying Car, 2002
  • Roadside Attractions, 2002
  • Television Specials
  • "Why I Love New #*$%!&@ York," The Concert for New York, VH1,2001
  • Television Episodes
  • Clerks (animated; also known as Clerks: The Cartoon and Clerks: Uncensored), ABC, 2000
  • Comic Books
  • Daredevil (issues 1-6), Marvel Knights, c. 1998-99
  • Green Arrow, 2001
  • Spider-Man and the Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do, 2002
  • Also wrote issues of Bluntman & Chronic, Oni Press; Green Arrow.
  • Nonfiction
  • (With John Pierson) Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema, Hyperion, 1996
  • Graphic Novels
  • Wrote Chasing Dogma.
  • Other
  • Wrote forward to the "Preacher" collection, Until the End of the World; wrote "Walt Flanagan's Dog," for Oni Double Feature #1.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

  • Characters from Clerks were adapted into comic books, Clerks (The Comic Book) and Jay & Silent Bob.
OTHER SOURCES
    Books
    • Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 37, Gale Group, 2000
    • Newsmakers 2000, Issue 4, Gale Group, 2000
    Periodicals
    • Advertising Age, October 19, 1998, p. 24
    • Entertainment Weekly, June 23, 1995, p. 26; April 11, 1997, p. 25;November 28, 1997, p. 87; November/December, 1997, p. 65; February 20, 1998,p. 12
    • High Times, October, 2001
    • Interview, April, 1997, p. 42
    • Playboy, December 1, 1998, p. 150
    • Two River Times, January 16, 1998
    • Variety, February 23, 1998, p. A14
    Electronic
    • Kevin Smith Official Site, http://www.viewaskew.com/, February 5,2005