---
name: "Matthew Smitley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-smitley"
fi1m_id: "matthew-smitley"
imdb_id: "nm11248048"
tmdb_id: 2775751
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:06:37.652412+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."
---

# Matthew Smitley

## Identity

Matthew Smitley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-smitley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-smitley
- **IMDb ID:** nm11248048
- **TMDB ID:** 2775751
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11248048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2775751

Actor. Born in Corbin, Kentucky.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11248048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2775751

## Coming up

- *Simon. The Conqueror!* (2026-10-18), Cinematography

## Biography

Matthew Smitley is a director, writer, producer, editor and actor. Originally from Corbin, Kentucky, he has directed several short films, including *The Arbors* (2022), *That Groovy Rotten Smell* (2024) and *Unto the Apparition of Phantoms* (2025). His films have screened at domestic and international festivals.

As an actor, Smitley appears as Hartman in the FX series *English Teacher* (2024–2025) and as GA Attendant #1 in the feature film *Carolina Caroline* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, resumes.breakdownexpress.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Carolina Caroline* (2026), Fi1m 79, as GA Attendant #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/carolina-caroline.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Simon. The Conqueror!* (2026), Cinematography, Producer
- *Carolina Caroline* (2026), as GA Attendant #1 — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/carolina-caroline.md)
- *English Teacher* (2024), series, as Hartman
- *Unto the Apparition of Phantoms* (2024), Editor, Producer, Writer, Director, Casting Director
- *That Groovy Rotten Smell* (2024), Producer, Director, Editor, Writer
- *Old Friends* (2023), Producer, Casting Director
- *The Arbors* (2022), Editor, Writer, Producer, Director, Casting Director
- *One Elephant Boy Too Many* (2021), Producer, Editor, Writer, Director
- *Elephant Boy* (2020), Editor, Director, Producer, Cinematography
- *Autophobia* (2020), as Verill/Macready Dubois · Sound, Camera Operator
- *Monterrey Bound* (2019), Director, Writer, Cinematography, Producer
- *The Kentucky* (2019), Director
- *Sid* (2018), as Sid · Writer, Producer, Director
- *Chasing Ghosts*, as Howard · Camera Operator, Sound
- *Protect and Serve*, Cinematography, Producer, Casting Director
- *Haunted by It*, Producer, Casting Director
- *In The Band*, Producer, Casting Director
- *Mara Let It In*, Casting Director
- *Walk! We're All Going to the Same Place*, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Casting Director

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