---
name: "Jonah Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonah-smith"
fi1m_id: "jonah-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0808819"
tmdb_id: 9539
wikidata_id: "Q72328654"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 June 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T20:43:24.993246+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jonah Smith

## Identity

Jonah Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonah-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonah-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0808819
- **TMDB ID:** 9539
- **Wikidata ID:** Q72328654
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72328654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9539

Producer. Born 6 June 1975 in Syracuse, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 June 1975, Syracuse, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2006
- **Also known as:** Jonah S. Smith
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72328654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9539

## Biography

Jonah Smith is a film producer. He has worked on several independent features, often in collaboration with director Richard Linklater.

His credits include co-executive producer on *Pi* (1998), producer on *Waking Life* (2001), *The United States of Leland* (2003), *The Clearing* (2004), *Right at Your Door* (2006), *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), *The Dog Problem* (2006) and *Religulous* (2008). He received two award nominations, including one for best animated picture for *Waking Life*.

Smith was born on 6 June 1975 in Syracuse, New York. He is the grandson of actress Teresa Wright and screenwriter Niven Busch.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)
- *Pi* (1998), Fi1m 78, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pi.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Religulous* (2008), Producer
- *The Dog Problem* (2006), Producer
- *A Scanner Darkly* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/a-scanner-darkly.md)
- *Right at Your Door* (2006), Producer
- *The Clearing* (2004), Producer
- *The United States of Leland* (2003), Producer
- *Waking Life* (2001), Producer
- *Speed of Life* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Pi* (1998), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/pi.md)

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