Matthew P. Smith

Co-Producer on an unreleased National Geographic documentary series featuring David Blaine. Extensive casting & development research, deck building, interview prep, archival organization/research/acquisition, international travel coordination, budget management, marking & cutting selects in Avid, deliverables management, and much more

Associate Producer on a Ron Howard-directed, unreleased National Geographic verite documentary feature, "We Feed People". Field producing, field audio mixing, extensive casting research, interview prep, conducting interviews, extensive archival organization/research/acquisition, international travel coordination, budget management, marking & cutting selects in Avid, deliverables management, and much more

Production Manager for "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues" an AppleTV+ documentary feature. Shoot prep/coordination/scheduling, managing COVID testing, helping onboard crew, rent gear/equipment, prepare parking/filming permits, preparing filming/processing on a Super8 Camera, and much more.

Associate Producer on an unreleased Disney+ verite documentary series. Field producing, writing/maintaining field notes, crew travel & field coordination, employee onboarding, maintaining casting grids/research, marking clips, creating a storyboard & story outline, organizing/implementing COVID testing/prep & other production management related duties.Associate Producer on an unreleased Disney+ verite documentary series. Field producing, writing/maintaining field notes, crew travel & field coordination, employee onboarding, maintaining casting grids/research, marking clips, creating a storyboard & story outline, organizing/implementing COVID testing/prep & other production management related duties.

Associate Producer for a Ron Howard-directed, National Geographic verite documentary feature, "Rebuilding Paradise". The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020. Shoot coordination & logistics, field producing, call sheet building, payroll accounting support, extensive archival support, employee on-boarding, deliverables management and much more.

Created FileMaker database from scratch, organized/summarized/archived hundreds of hours of archival media. Worked closely with editors advising how to best incorporate archival into the series, extensive research, pulling videos, accessing court transcripts, archival cue sheet organization, getting access to archival from characters and much more

Extensive casting research, payroll, transcription, schedule coordination/tracking, employee on-boarding, writing/tracking PO’s, credit card maintenance/tracking, managing crew paperwork, all other administrative duties for a Netflix Documentary Series.