---
name: "Kirsten Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirsten-smith"
fi1m_id: "kirsten-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0809006"
tmdb_id: 40590
wikidata_id: "Q6416119"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 August 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T11:32:44.887137+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."
---

# Kirsten Smith

## Identity

Kirsten Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kirsten-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kirsten-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0809006
- **TMDB ID:** 40590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6416119
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Smith_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6416119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809006/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40590

Writer. Born 12 August 1970 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 August 1970, United States
- **Active:** 1999–2009
- **Also known as:** Kirsten 'Kiwi' Smith, Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith, Kiwi Smith
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Karen McCullah](https://film.one/person/karen-mccullah.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 58 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Smith_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6416119, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809006/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40590

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*10 Things I Hate About You*](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md) (80)
- **HBO Max:** [*Legally Blonde*](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kirsten 'Kiwi' Smith is an American screenwriter and novelist. She has written most of her screenplays in collaboration with Karen McCullah.

Smith sold her first spec screenplay, *10 Things I Hate About You*, in 1997; the film was released in 1999. Subsequent credits include the screenplays for *Legally Blonde* (2001), *Ella Enchanted* (2004), *She's the Man* (2006) and *The House Bunny* (2008). She is a graduate of Occidental College.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md)

### Produced (1)

- *The Ugly Truth* (2009), Fi1m 39, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Trinkets* (2019), series, Creator
- *SPF-18* (2017), Producer
- *The Ugly Truth* (2009), Executive Producer — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ugly-truth.md)
- *Whip It* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Spleenectomy* (2008), Director, Writer
- *The House Bunny* (2008), Executive Producer, Writer
- *An American Crime* (2007), Thanks
- *She's the Man* (2006), Screenplay
- *Ella Enchanted* (2004), Screenplay
- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *10 Things I Hate About You* (1999), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/10-things-i-hate-about-you.md)
- *Poison Ivy 2: Lily* (1996), Post Production Supervisor
- *The Spice Girls*, Writer
- *Hope*, Writer
- *Sleep Toward Heaven*, Producer
- *Blame It on Rome*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Kirsten Smith](https://film.one/media/person/97512/gallery-cf29e8eb2cbc.jpg) Kirsten Smith — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Kirsten_Smith_%28writer%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab mentor Kirsten Smith (10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU) and Judy Holm, participating in the Comedy Lab with her film FIT TO PRINT. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/97512/gallery-4616c168bcbd.jpg) Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab mentor Kirsten Smith (10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU) and Judy Holm, participating in the Comedy Lab with her film FIT TO PRINT. (2012) — Jesse Grant via Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/CFC_In_LA_2012_6_%286816273654%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_In_LA_2012_6_%286816273654%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Russell Peters, Kirsten Smith, Judy Holm and Michael McNamara at a Canadian Film Centre & Variety-hosted reception for the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy L (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/97512/gallery-c8f8ad654e9b.jpg) Russell Peters, Kirsten Smith, Judy Holm and Michael McNamara at a Canadian Film Centre & Variety-hosted reception for the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy L (2012) — Jesse Grant via Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/CFC_In_LA_2012_7_%286816273200%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_In_LA_2012_7_%286816273200%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rosa Salazar and Kirsten Smith. Photos by: Jesse Grant (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/97512/gallery-3c45ee44677a.jpg) Rosa Salazar and Kirsten Smith. Photos by: Jesse Grant (2015) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_John_Fawcett_and_Graeme_Manson_%2816945852261%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_John_Fawcett_and_Graeme_Manson_%2816945852261%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kirstin Smith, Stephen Kunc, Nicholas Tabarrok at the second module of the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab in L.A. To learn more about the Telefilm Canada F (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/97512/gallery-214c0d4d9ff2.jpg) Kirstin Smith, Stephen Kunc, Nicholas Tabarrok at the second module of the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab in L.A. To learn more about the Telefilm Canada F (2011) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/CFC_in_L.A._01_%285514589583%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._01_%285514589583%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![CFC held the second module of the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab in L.A. where participants met with numerous industry professionals. To learn more about t (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/97512/gallery-b9d454c4c119.jpg) CFC held the second module of the Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab in L.A. where participants met with numerous industry professionals. To learn more about t (2011) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/CFC_in_L.A._02_%285515184094%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._02_%285515184094%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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