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Kent Smith is an Australian
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and
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, and founding partner of the Kojo group of companies.LinkedIn
''Kent Smith''. Retrieved 12 March 2015.


Career

Smith began his career as a cinematographer in Australian Television with
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in 1972. After more than a decade working in network television in
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and
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, where he won many national and international awards, Smith established his own Adelaide-based production company, Kent Smith Productions, in 1984. He spent seven years working with some of Australia’s largest corporate clients, then in 1991 he expanded the business to form the Kojo Group, with the help of creative partners, John Chataway, Dale Roberts, Marty Pepper and, in 2002, Steve Wise. In 2005, Smith took the Kojo Group into feature film production, starting with the film '' 2:37'', which was an Official Selection at the
2006 Cannes Film Festival The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official selection Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the ...
. His subsequent films include ''
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'', which earned an
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award nomination, and '' The Tree'', which was also an Official Selection and the Closing Film at
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.


Films

Smith’s film producing credits include:


See also

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References


External links

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Kent Smith at Official Kojo website
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