Scott Smith is a

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television and film director. He has won multiple film festival awards for his 1999 film ''

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''. He also directed the 2003 film '' Falling Angels'', based on the Barbara Gowdy novel, which achieved a nomination from the

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for Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Feature Film.''Falling Angels'' entry in Telefilm Canada catalogue
/ref> In 2008, he directed and photographed the feature documentary, ''

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'', which follows blind author

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on a pilgrimage to Germany to hear a single note change in the notorious 639 year-long performance of the John Cage composition '' Organ²/ASLSP'' (As Slow As Possible). Since then, he has directed the pilots for ''

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'', ''

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'', the MTV remake of UK '' Skins'' and was the producing director in Season One of the Syfy hit '' The Magicians''. Other credits include the '' This is Wonderland'' and ''

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''. He continues to split his time between Vancouver and Hornby Island, B.C. where he is the artistic director of the Hornby Island Film Festival.

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