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Michael Glover Smith is an independent filmmaker whose debut feature, Cool Apocalypse (2015), won awards at festivals across the U.S. and screened at Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center and Movies in the Parks' Onscreen Local Film Showcase before being released on home video by Emphasis Entertainment.
- January 1, 1
- 1.91 m
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Director, Writer, Actor
David Hanley interviews Michael Glover Smith, a Chicago-based writer-director, author, critic, and lecturer who has been described on RogerEbert.com as “one of the Windy City’s finest filmmakers.”
May 14, 2022 · Michael Glover Smith’s Relative, a Chicago-set family reunion story about coming to terms with the passage of time and life between parents, adult children and siblings, offers the distinct pleasure of watching terrific actors deliver insightful dialogue in an engaging picture about binding ties.
Jun 9, 2022 · Chicago-based writer/director Michael Glover Smith ("Mercury in Retrograde") works in a filmmaking mode that's been driven to the margins of modern culture.
Michael Glover Smith is an independent filmmaker whose debut feature, Cool Apocalypse (2015), won awards at festivals across the U.S. and screened at Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center and Movies in the Parks' Onscreen Local Film Showcase before being released on home video by Emphasis Entertainment.
- June 14, 1975
Apr 18, 2022 · It’s not remarkable that Michael Glover Smith’s latest film, Relative, reflects an intimate appreciation for its Midwestern setting. Smith is a long-time Chicagoan who has set previous films there and even published a book on the city’s silent cinematic history.
Nov 20, 2015 · The screenings Sat. Nov. 21 and Mon. Nov. 23 of Michael Glover Smith’s “Cool Apocalypse” at the Gene Siskel Film Center cap something of a career year for the Chicago hyphenate. His first book, “Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry,” which he co-wrote with Adam Selzer, was published in January.
