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Jim Field Smith
Jim Field Smith, April 6, 2007
Born	February 20, 1979 (1979-02-20) (age 31) United Kingdom
Occupation	Director Film producer Writer Actor
Nationality	British
Education	Wellington College, Berkshire University of Birmingham
Period	2003 – present
Genres	Comedy
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Jim Field Smith (born 20 February 1979)^[1] is a British film director, comedy writer, and actor.

Background

Field Smith attended Wellington College, Berkshire, England from 1992 to 1997, and then went on to the University of Birmingham, from where he graduated in 2001. He worked in TV production for a couple of years before he and collaborator George Kay established their own production company, Idiotlamp Productions Ltd, based in London, UK.

Career

Field Smith most recently directed She's Out of My League, as announced in trade journal Variety in October 2007.^[2] The movie is a romantic comedy for US studio Dreamworks, starring Jay Baruchel, which started shooting March 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA, wrapped at the end of May 2008, finished post-production later that year, and was released in early 2010 by Paramount Pictures.

His previous credits as a film director include the shorts Where Have I Been All Your Life? (2007) and Goodbye to the Normals (2006), both produced by his company Idiotlamp Productions. He has directed a number of award-winning advertising campaigns, for clients such as Burger King, Smirnoff, AOL, MINI and Virgin.

As a writer and performer, he has various credits on TV and radio. Amongst other things, he co-writes and stars in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Deep Trouble with Ben Willbond. He has appeared in various recent British TV comedies, and numerous commercials both on screen and as a voiceover artist. He also often crops up in the credits of comedy and entertainment shows as "writer" or "script editor". Most recently he wrote several episodes of the MTV puppet sitcom "Fur TV".

He was a member of the popular British sketch comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire, who were nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award for their show Conspiracy in August 2005. The show transferred to the West End, and toured the UK. The following year, the group returned for a third year to the Edinburgh fringe and subsequently the Belfast theatre festival with a show entitled "PRISON".

Representation

Jim is represented in the UK by United Agents (London), and in the USA he is represented by Endeavor Talent Agency (LA) and managed by Underground Films (LA). He is represented as a commercials director in the UK by Partizan (London) and in the USA by CFM International (New York)

References

External links

• Official website
• United Agents - UK talent agent
• Paramount comedy short-cuts website