Todd k Smith
- Additional Crew
- Manager
- Producer
Todd Smith Management/Production was formed as entertainment boutique literary/talent management firm specializing in representing television and film writers, directors, musical acts and intellectual property creators in the comic book/video game industries. The firm specializes in bringing creative artists into the studio mainstream via branding, development, production and distribution. The firm was instrumental in packaging talent with intellectual properties and securing domestic and international distribution for a myriad of artist creators throughout the media landscape. This included licensing, exec producing, intellectual property management negotiation, brand extension management.
The company has successfully brokered many motion picture development deals on behalf of its clients with the major studios which included 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Castle Rock Entertainment. The company¹s writer clients which Todd Smith negotiated development deals included projects such as Save the Last Dance (2001) with Julia Stiles for MTV/Paramount Studios, La queue du diable (1980) with Meg Ryan at Paramount Studios, and the edgy thriller The Salton Sea (2002) with Val Kilmer for Castle Rock Pictures and Murder by Numbers (2002) with Sandra Bullock for Castle Rock/Warner Bros.
In addition, Todd also also formed a intellectual property division that alongside managing top screenwriters included comic book creators and the video game firm Activision. Thus, his unique sense of commercial taste and savvy marketing/licensing expertise enabled him to develop the following intellectual properties with his esteemed clients and enter into fast track development deals with the following top production entities and major studios: Interstate '76 (1997) with John Davis at Fox, Battlezone (1998) with Larry Gordon at Universal, Ballistic (1995) with John Woo at MGM/Fox, Adrenalyne with Joel Silver at Warner Bros. and Apocalypse (1998) (Bruce Willis) with Arnold Kopelson.
Alongside his management endeavors in the film/television arena, Todd brokered multi media licensing deals for print media, broadcast, live events, with multi platinum musical acts like TLC, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Destiny's Child, Def Jam records with corporate entities such as Sprite, Smart & Final Beverages, 7-11, Harper Collins Book Imprint, Puma-New Regency, MAC and NBA Properties and NFL Properties.
Prior to establishing his Management/Production firm, Todd Smith served as a Production Executive at HBO Entertainment in Los Angeles. While there he worked on such shows as The Sopranos (1999) starring James Gandolfini, Band of Brothers (2001) created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Todd Smith started his entertainment career in corporate sponsorship at CBS Sports in New York City. His Accounts included NCAA Final Four, U.S. Open Tennis Tournament
The company has successfully brokered many motion picture development deals on behalf of its clients with the major studios which included 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Castle Rock Entertainment. The company¹s writer clients which Todd Smith negotiated development deals included projects such as Save the Last Dance (2001) with Julia Stiles for MTV/Paramount Studios, La queue du diable (1980) with Meg Ryan at Paramount Studios, and the edgy thriller The Salton Sea (2002) with Val Kilmer for Castle Rock Pictures and Murder by Numbers (2002) with Sandra Bullock for Castle Rock/Warner Bros.
In addition, Todd also also formed a intellectual property division that alongside managing top screenwriters included comic book creators and the video game firm Activision. Thus, his unique sense of commercial taste and savvy marketing/licensing expertise enabled him to develop the following intellectual properties with his esteemed clients and enter into fast track development deals with the following top production entities and major studios: Interstate '76 (1997) with John Davis at Fox, Battlezone (1998) with Larry Gordon at Universal, Ballistic (1995) with John Woo at MGM/Fox, Adrenalyne with Joel Silver at Warner Bros. and Apocalypse (1998) (Bruce Willis) with Arnold Kopelson.
Alongside his management endeavors in the film/television arena, Todd brokered multi media licensing deals for print media, broadcast, live events, with multi platinum musical acts like TLC, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Destiny's Child, Def Jam records with corporate entities such as Sprite, Smart & Final Beverages, 7-11, Harper Collins Book Imprint, Puma-New Regency, MAC and NBA Properties and NFL Properties.
Prior to establishing his Management/Production firm, Todd Smith served as a Production Executive at HBO Entertainment in Los Angeles. While there he worked on such shows as The Sopranos (1999) starring James Gandolfini, Band of Brothers (2001) created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Todd Smith started his entertainment career in corporate sponsorship at CBS Sports in New York City. His Accounts included NCAA Final Four, U.S. Open Tennis Tournament