Kevin Smith

**Kevin Patrick Smith ** (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, movie director and the founder of View Askew Productions. He is also known as a comic book writer and actor. Smith's movies often take place in his home state of New Jersey. The movies are filled with pop culture references. Many of the references are about comic books and the _Star Wars_ movies. They often take place in the View Askewniverse.

## Early life

Smith was born in Red Bank, New Jersey to Grace and Donald Smith. He has an older sister, Virginia, and an older brother, Donald Jr. Smith was raised in the Catholic religion. He went to Henry Hudson Regional High School in Highlands, The New School for Social Research New York and the Vancouver movie School. Smith studied making movies but dropped out halfway through his studies.

## Personal life

Smith is married to Jennifer Schwalbach Smith. They have a daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, born in 1999. He named his daughter after Harley Quinn, a comic-book character from _Batman: The Animated Series_.

On February 25, 2018 he suffered a non-fatal "massive heart attack" with 100% blockage of the left anterior descending artery.

### Writer

- _Clerks_ (1994)
- _Mallrats_ (1995)
- _Chasing Amy_ (1997)
- _Coyote Ugly_
- _Superman Lives_
- _The Six Million Dollar Man_
- _The Green Hornet_
- _Clerks: Sell Out_
- _Dogma_ (1999)
- _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_ (2001)
- _Jersey Girl_ (2004)
- _Clerks II_ (2006)
- _Daredevil, Vol. 1: Guardian Devil_ (2003)
- _Roadside Attractions (2002)_
- _The Concert for New York City_
- _Hiatus_
- _Overnight Delivery_ 1997
- _Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary_
- _Ranger Danger and the Danger Rangers_ (2008) (_unconfirmed_)
- _Hating Hal_
- _The Flying Car_ (2002)
- _Clerks: The Lost Scene_ (2004)
- _The Magic Roundabout_(2006)

### Director

- _Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary_ (1992)
- _Clerks_ (1994)
- _Mallrats_ (1995)
- _Chasing Amy_ (1997)
- _Dogma_ (1999)
- _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_ (2001)
- _Jersey Girl_ (2004)
- _Clerks II_ (2006)
- _The Concert for New York City_
- _Ranger Danger and the Danger Rangers_ (2008) (_unconfirmed_)
- _The Flying Car_ (2002)
- _Clerks: The Lost Scene_ (2004)
- _Copout_ (2010)

### Producer

- _Clerks_
- _Mallrats_ (uncredited)
- _Drawing Flies_
- _A Better Place_
- _Chasing Amy_ (uncredited)
- _Good Will Hunting_ (co-producer)
- _Dogma_ (uncredited)
- _Vulgar_
- _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_ (uncredited)
- _Jersey Girl_ (uncredited)
- _Clerks II_
- _Sucks Less with Kevin Smith_ (executive producer) (6 episodes, 2006)
- _Small Town Gay Bar_ (2006) (executive producer)
- _Reel Paradise_ (2005) (executive producer)
- _Clerks: The Animated Series_ (executive producer) (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
- _Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma_ (2001) (producer)
- _Tail Lights Fade_ (1999) (executive producer) (uncredited)
- _Big Helium Dog_ (1999) (executive producer)
- _A Better Place_ (1997) (executive producer)
- _Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary_ (1992)
- _Hating Hal_
- _The Flying Car_ (2002)
- _Clerks: The Lost Scene_ (2004)

### Actor

- _Clerks_
- _Mallrats_
- _Drawing Flies_
- _Chasing Amy_
- _Dogma_
- _Scream 3_
- _Vulgar_
- _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_
- _Daredevil_
- _Doogal_
- _Now You Know_
- _Clerks II_
- _Southland Tales_
- _Bottom's Up_
- _Live Free or Die Hard_
- _Catch and Release_
- _Veronica Mars_ 1 Episode
- _Tail Lights Fade_
- _Joey_ 1 Episode
- _Law & Order_: "Black, White and Blue"
- _Clerks: The Animated Series_ 6 Episodes
- _Hardware: Uncensored Music Videos - Hip Hop Volume 1_
- _Yes, Dear_ 1 Episode
- _Manchild_ Pilot (maybe more)
- _Duck Dodgers_ 1 Episode
- _Degrassi: The Next Generation_ 5 Episodes
- _TMNT_
- _Live Free or Die Hard_
- _Big Helium Dog_
- _Electric Playground_ 1 Episode
- _Untitled Kevin Smith Horror Project_ 2008
- _Hating Hal_ 1 Episode

### Editor

- _Clerks II_ (2006)
- _Jersey Girl_ (2004)
- _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_ (2001)
- _Dogma_ (1999)
- _Chasing Amy_ (1997)
- _Clerks_ (1994)
- _Mae Day: The Crumbling of a Documentary_(1992)
- _Hating Hal_
- _The Flying Car_ (2002)
- _Clerks: The Lost Scene_ (2004)

### Music videos

- _Can't Even Tell_ by Soul Asylum As Silent Bob
- _Build Me Up Buttercup_ by The Goops As Silent Bob
- _Because I Got High_ by Afroman As Silent Bob
- _Kick Some Ass_ by Stroke 9 As Silent Bob

## Other websites

- View Askew Productions
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- [Smith's blog

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Kevin Patrick Smith
- **image**: Kevin Smith by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- **caption**: Kevin Smith in 2017
- **birth place**: Red Bank, New Jersey, Red Bank, New Jersey United States, U.S.
- **occupation**: Screenwriter
movie director
movie producer
Actor
Comic book, Comic book writer
- **children**: Harley Quinn Smith
- **website**: http://www.viewaskew.com/