DIRECTOR

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Noah David Smith is a Filmmaker and Photographer. He creates beautiful evocative images with his natural aesthetic, distinct composition, and elegant style.
Noah's film clients include the Sundance Channel, A&E, The History Channel, Helmut Lang, Puma, VH1, Nickelodeon and Kate Spade. Short films he has shot have appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, Raindance, the Bonn Biennial and the Nueva Film Festival in Tokyo, Japan.
His photography can be seen in the editorial pages of magazines such as Dwell, Nylon, Metropolis, ReadyMade, 7x7 and Planet.
Noah received an MFA in Photography from The Rhode Island School of Design.
He lives in New York City with his wife, Elizabeth and their two sons.

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How did you get interested in cinematography?
I have always been an intent observer, with a passion for photography and film.
I have a strong interest in visual details, comparison and nuances.
I recognize the way light functions to create a mood, affect emotion, and define a space.
I enjoy creating a frame in which a story unfolds, and action-or-stillness- occurs.
As a photographer, i recognized that what i loved about movies was the photographic image within the film.
Watching older American and foreign films, and reading Masters of Light and the autobiographies of Nestor Almendros and Karl Brown, convinced me that cinematography was the way to speak the universal language of film.

Why do you want to shoot television commercials?
Commercials are an ideal canvas for me to convey my natural, photographic aesthetic and point of view.
They allow me to waht i love: Create narratives through combining portraiture, objects and settings. I especially enjoy collaborating with creative people and working on the intersection of image and story to effectively communicate a message.

What is your most recent project?
A look Book for 80/20, a New York-based shoe company; it was directed by Sam Cole and Jonathan Turner of Make Believe (Smith co-directed).
We shot a series of interior vignettes with an actress modeling several different outfits and, most importantly, pairs of shoes.
Working with diffused, natural light, we created a dreamy, flowing, free-spirited piece that reflect the ideals and attitudes of the brand.

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Work:
Puma, VH1, Kate Spade, Sundance Channel, Red Cross, Club Monaco, History Channel, Minute Maid, Maybelline, Food Network, Nickelodeon, Helmut Lang, Kiehl’s, AOL, A+E, Brooklyn Museum, Box Studios, 80/20 Shoes, Spiegel, The Manor Restaurant, Alta Bank-Japan, and 21st Century-Japan.

Director/Cinematographer - Spots
Hope Learning "I Have Hope - Roderick"
Red Cross "Elizabeth Rohm"
Monster.com "Morning Routine"
80/20 Shoes (HD) "Girl"
Art Students "Portraits" (Photographer)


Director/Cinematographer - Long Form
Hope Learning "Hope On-Line"
Puma (HD) "Golf"
Contact: Jeff Lewis 818.906.0006 / TDNARTISTS.com