Richard Smith is a Scottish BAFTA award-winning screenwriter. His most recent feature, the Asian-set GARDEN OF EVENING MISTS, was adapted for HBO from the booker-nominated novel by Tan Twan Eng. It was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2019 Golden Horse Awards (‘the Chinese Oscars’), among others.
He’s currently working on another adaptation, the graphic novel HIDING IN TIME, for MGM Studios. He’s writing the original TV series, THE VISIT, for AMC Studios, and two new thriller features, IN HER NAME and CARGO.
Richard has a passion for exploring unique worlds (whether it be a Scottish village, Malaysian tea plantation or 1850s San Francisco). He loves big concepts and the puzzle of adapting. He’s a history buff, politics nerd and crime junkie, and is a real sucker for a great mystery/thriller.
Richard’s first feature was TRAUMA, starring Colin Firth and Mena Suvari, produced by Warner Bros/BBC Films. It exhibited at Sundance and Cannes. His first original TV pilot sale was NO REGRETS, to Will Smith’s Overbrook, for the A&E network. He wrote LEONARD, which won a Scottish BAFTA for Best Television Screenplay. He’s worked with Christian Colson, Ealing Studios and others.
Richard splits his time between the US and UK, and enjoys working with film students in Glasgow and Shanghai. He’s represented in the US by David Boxerbaum (Verve) and Andrew Wilson (Wonder Street).
