---
name: "Scott B. Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/scott-b-smith"
fi1m_id: "scott-b-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0809895"
tmdb_id: 64709
wikidata_id: "Q940902"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:22:23.529531+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."
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# Scott B. Smith

## Identity

Scott B. Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/scott-b-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** scott-b-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0809895
- **TMDB ID:** 64709
- **Wikidata ID:** Q940902
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Smith_(author), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940902, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64709

Writer. Born 13 July 1965 in Summit.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 July 1965, Summit
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Smith_(author), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q940902, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64709

## Biography

Scott B. Smith is an American novelist and screenwriter. Born on 13 July 1965 in Summit, New Jersey, he studied at Dartmouth College and earned an MFA in writing from Columbia University before writing full time.

His debut novel, *A Simple Plan* (1993), was adapted by Smith into a 1998 film directed by Sam Raimi; the screenplay earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. His second novel, *The Ruins* (2006), was also adapted into a film in 2008 from his own screenplay. Smith wrote the screenplays for the films *Siberia* (2018) and *The Burnt Orange Heresy* (2020). He created, wrote and executive-produced the television series *The Peripheral* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Fi1m 86, Screenplay, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *The Peripheral* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *The Burnt Orange Heresy* (2020), Screenplay
- *Siberia* (2018), Screenplay, Story
- *The Ruins* (2008), Screenplay
- *Charlie the Ox* (2004), Director, Writer
- *A Simple Plan* (1998), Screenplay, Novel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/a-simple-plan.md)
- *Women: Stories of Passion* (1996), series, as Stan
- *Say Her Name*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1999: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *A Simple Plan*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation 1995: Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation (won), for *A Simple Plan*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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