Adam Smethurst(I)
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Adam is an actor, filmmaker and writer. After many years appearing on stage and television in the UK he completed a Screenwriting MA at UAL. He went on to adapt and direct William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (2018) starring Sheila Atim (The Woman King) as part of a digital educational initiative.
Adam won the Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film Award at the 2024 British Independent Film Festival for Thread Tension (2023) and as co-producer, writer and director of Hedgehog (2024), he collected the Best UK Short Film Jury Award at the 2024 London Independent Film Festival.
