Facts: - spouse: marcela gaviria -lrb- 2012 -- present -rrb- - birth date: january 28 , 1949 - name: martin smith - image: thumb - birth place: south pasadena , california - alma mater: new bfa , 1975 -rrb- york university tisch school of the arts -lrb- - occupation: director , writer , producer , correspondent Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of martin smith -lrb- documentarian -rrb- .
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martin smith -lrb- born january 28 , 1949 -rrb- is a producer , writer , director and correspondent .smith has directed dozens of nationally broadcast documentaries for cbs news , abc news and pbs '' frontline '' .his films range in topic from war in the middle east to the 2008 financial crisis .