Kevin Smith

Directing · Born 1970-08-02 · Red Bank, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob also appeared in Smith's later films Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, which are set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films have crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon known as the "View Askewniverse", named after Smith's production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier.

Known for

• The Napa Boys (2026)
• The Moof Milkers (2026)
• Come What May (2026)
• Long Lonesome Highway: The Story of Michael Parks (2025)
• Old Time Radio: The Specter of Christmas (2025)
• Degrassi: Whatever It Takes (2025)
• Paradise Records (2025)
• I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025)
• Revelations: Making Dogma (2025)
• National Lampoon's Donut Shop (2025)
• I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story (2024)
• Age of Audio (2024)
• We Never Smiled in the 90’s (2024)
• Going Home Again: Making The 4:30 Movie (2024)
• Holy Smokes (2024)
• A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (2023)
• The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special (2023)
• Pencils vs Pixels (2023)
• Chasing Chasing Amy (2023)
• We're Not Even Supposed to Be Here Today: 3 Decades of Clerks (2022)
• The Book of Harth (2022)
• Selfie King (2022)
• Wrong Reasons (2022)
• The Clerks 3 Documentary (2022)