Logan Tyler Smith

Director, Screenwriter, Content Creator and Editor

Anchorage, Alaska

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About Logan

Logan Tyler Smith is an American film director and screenwriter. Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, he grew up on the autistic spectrum with a loving family who always helped and supported him. He first became enamored with movies when he was 2 years old, watching a VHS copy of Toy Story (1995) and later seeing Toy Story 2 (1999) in theaters.

This began a lifelong obsession with animation and eventually comic books/superheroes. His love of film was cemented upon seeing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies around age twelve, where his mother as result of that obsession bought him a Star Wars 'bonus material' DVD from a thrift store. Watching the behind-the-scenes documentaries from the DVD made him first consider the idea of being a feature film director, and later watching Clerks and Pulp Fiction (both 1994) it began an obsession with director filmographies and cinematic franchises (something the Marvel Cinematic Universe's rise also cemented in his head).

Logan had a lifelong love of writing, and before seeing several cinematic masterpieces he considered being an author. In high school, he wrote most of a fantasy novel before his love of movies solidified in his head.

Logan's writing style coupled with a straightforward directing approach (self-described as 'silliness delivered with sincerity') started at first as a wholly self-taught effort, making short videos and skits on YouTube. Some of these skits went to his local film competitions (specifically the '5-Day Film Challenge', the '24-Hour Film Challenge', and 'Home Made Film Nite'). The skits taught him a lot about working with actors and how to juggle multiple things at once.

Logan is has recently finished his latest short film, 'Alex the Great' about a fictitious, farcical interview with historical legend Alexander the Great (his friends call him Alex). He is also working on multiple feature-length screenplays (and two more short screenplays, plus a feature film currently in production) to solidify his filmmaking ambitions.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 1"

Weight:
210

Body type:
Average

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

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Penance Budget: $0 - $100K | Crime A former loan shark must find a way to take revenge on the mob boss he used to work for who killed his wife.
The Picnic Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror A young couple decides to have a picnic together, only to realize they are being stalked by a mysterious serial killer.
Hard Seasons Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller A serial killer who targets people he finds 'degenerate' has a woman escape his clutches. After beginning a relationship with her, he discovers that she has a secret of her own.
Alumni Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror A group of friends decides to visit a college campus that they plan to go to when they graduate. Not long after they make their decision, however, they are stalked by the ghost of university's past.
Newsroom Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror A group of young journalism students participate in a zoom call to discuss business. However, a misinformed internet troll has other plans for them.
Nights of Terror Budget: $0 - $100K | Horror A group of friends go for a camping trip to get away after graduation. However, two different killers turn out to already own the cabin they rented.
Denture Arms Budget: $0 - $100K | Other A dentist is mutated by radioactive fluoride and develops giant dentures for arms. He then decides to use these denture-arms to fight the mob who gave him these abilities,

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Credits

Alex the Great (2022)
Film (short) Director/Writer A bored historian finds a way to resurrect Alexander the Great and asks him various questions. However, Alex develops a mind of his own in the twenty-first century...
The Mob God (2020)
Film (short) Director/Writer Me getting experimental with editing techniques that created more than a few technical problems. Filmed at the beginning of the pandemic but still pretty fun to make.
Axed (2019)
Film (short) Director/Writer One of my earliest films that I considered "counted", where I used theater actor friends in the main roles. It follows a love triangle that is slowly revealed to the audience. It also made it into Anchorage's 'Home Made Film Nite' at the Alaska Experience Theater in 2019.
The Flamingo Connection (2019)
Film (short) Director/Writer A gag title for the 5-Day Film Challenge in 2019. This one was one of my favorite shorts at the time that I made, using a friend's rap music and eccentric performers with additional help. It was fun and played well on the big screen at Bear Tooth.
Alaska Noir (2018)
Film (short) (Comedy and Crime) Director/Writer One of my beginning, more student film-type projects.
The Man with the Devil Mask (2018)
Film (short) Director/Writer One of my greatest regrets in filmmaking is making a movie entirely by myself with this awful sound design. It still made it into Anchorage's '5-Day Film Challenge' in 2018 at the Bear Tooth Theater, but when the audio could barely be heard by the audience I practically cried. It's a movie about a home invasion.

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