The Smith Brothers

Tony Dean Smith & Ryan Warren Smith
Tony Dean Smith (director/co-writer) & Ryan W. Smith (producer/co-writer)

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tony Dean Smith & Ryan W. Smith are the Smith Brothers, a creative partnership forged in the fires of sibling revery.  

Tony Dean Smith is the recent recipient of the Director’s Guild off Canada “Best BC Director” award, granted at the Whistler Film Festival for his feature film debut, VOLITION. An award-winning director, writer and editor, Tony has gone on to write and direct various long-form projects for film & television – as well as constantly developing new material that’s close to his heart. Tony is also an acclaimed editor, having cut for Neill Blomkamp, Netflix, 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, NBC, Syfy and others.

Ryan W. Smith is an award-winning writer/producer, having won the ScreenCraft Fellowship for his feature script, Jacaranda.  Along with his film work, Ryan has written on over 135 episodes of television, which has earned him two Leo Awards.  Ryan has written for such companies as Netflix, Anonymous Content, Andrew Lauren Productions, SyFy, Disney and Original Film.

The Smith Brothers live in Vancouver, B.C., where they continue to be not only creative partners, but brothers.