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Stef SMITH

Showrunner, Showrunner/euse

UK

Short Forms Competition Jury

Stef Smith is a multi-award-winning writer who has written for theatre, digital, audio and television productions. She started her career in the theatre, having written, amongst others, the plays Roadkill, Swallow and Enough, each of which won a Scotsman Fringe First Award. Roadkill also won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre and several other awards. Stef was shortlisted for the 2020 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play Nora: A Doll’s House. Stef’s BBC Digital Drama Short pilot Float was released on BBC iPlayer in October 2019 and was subsequently commissioned for a full season, which was released in 2021, produced by Black Camel Pictures. Float was invited to Series Mania in 2022 and won the prize for Best Series of the Shorts Format Competition. A second season of the series has been commissioned. Stef is currently under commission to four major UK theatres. She is also developing her first feature film and working on a number of projects for television.