Bio: Arthur Smith, CEO of A. Smith & Co., has been working in the entertainment industry his entire life. As a youth, he acted in feature films, television sitcoms and television commercials, and hosted a video show. On an academic scholarship, Smith studied communications at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, where he excelled in his studies. While at Ryerson, Smith won numerous awards for his inventive productions and graduated first in his class.Upon graduation in 1982, Smith began a successful career at CBC Network Sports, where he produced and directed major sporting events around the world, such as Executive Producing three Olympic Games for which he won numerous awards, including two prestigious Gemini Awards. At the age of 28, Smith was named President of CBC Sports. Smith's approach to sports coverage was an entertainment format filled with stylized graphics, driving music, high profile features, and technological innovations. Smith's drive for excellence did not go unnoticed by the entertainment industry, as top entertainment firms in New York and Los Angeles wooed him.In 1990, Dick Clark lured Smith to Los Angeles to be Senior Vice President of Dick Clark Productions, where he created a mélange of variety, comedy, reality, game, talk and music programming for network, cable and syndicated television. Smith's accomplishments at Dick Clark included: Producing and Executive Producing the USA Music Challenge, Battle of the Bands, the Jim Thorpe Pro Sports Awards, and The Great 18 Golf Championship for ABC. Smith also created and produced When Stars Were Kids, Caught in the Act, and Universal Studios Summer Blast for NBC.In January 1995, after being pursued by MCA Universal for some time, Smith agreed to join the company as Senior Vice President of the MCA Television Group. Once again Smith delivered. Only months after he arrived, MCA Television had commitments for shows from ABC, NBC, FOX and CBS. Smith also rejuvenated MCA's first run division, with a number of projects/acquisitions he developed for syndication. Smith's stint at MCA Television Group was a short one, however, as the entertainment industry, aware of his ability to create innovative programming that excited target demographics, clamored to persuade him to join their forces.Intrigued by a new Fox venture, Smith joined Fox as the Executive Vice President of Programming, Production and News and launched Fox into the cable sports business. While at Fox Sports Net, Smith oversaw what would become the fastest growing TV sports network. Smith's responsibilities included supervising production, development, scheduling, and acquisition of all programming, nationally and regionally. Smith acted as Executive Producer on over 4500 events and thousands of original hours of programming each year. Smith also created and implemented the network's slick on-air look and style.In November of 2000 Arthur joined forces with longtime friend Kent Weed to form A. Smith & Co. Productions. Right from its inception, the company hit the ground running, securing numerous commitments from broadcast networks, cable networks and syndicators. In its brief three year history A. Smith & Co has worked with 16 different networks. Smith & Weed serve as Executive Producers on all A. Smith & Co. productions. Some of the highlights of the past year include Fox's summer hit "Paradise Hotel", History Channel's "Come Home Alive" and Fox Sports Net "You Gotta See This". Early this year the company produced the primetime hit "The Swan" as well as "Forever Eden" for FOX and "Mad Mad House" for Sci Fi network and is currently in production with "Pat Croce: Moving In" a syndicated series for Sony.
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