Dwayne Alexander Smith
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Dwayne Alexander Smith

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Born in Harlem. Raised in the South Bronx. I decided that I wanted to make movies after seeing Star Wars. Clichéd but true. My mother bought me a Super 8 camera. I made an animated short titled SHOES that won me a scholarship to a summer long filmmaking camp. After film camp I went to college for electrical engineering but dropped out, against my mom's wishes, to pursue my dream of making movies. My first job in the industry was at Camera Service Center, a film equipment rental house in New York City. While I was making 16mm shorts in my spare time I went on to work as a locations assistant on numerous feature films such as Money Train and HBO’s Subway Stories. I started writing screenplays in an attempt to earn enough money to finish Doomsday Stew, my first feature film. I never did finish my feature but one of my screenplays, Joe’s Last Chance, sold to Intermedia. After that… doors in Hollywood began to open. Today I earn a living as a professional screenwriter. I have sold or optioned six spec screenplays and I have been hired by studios for numerous rewrites. About three years ago, between screenwriting jobs, I decided to write the novel Forty Acres. To my surprise and delight my first novel found a home at Atria Books. In 2015 the NAACP awarded me an Image Award for Best Debut Author. https://www.etonline.com/awards/159356_46th_naacp_image_awards_winners_list In June of 2018 I released my second novel, another thriller titled The Unkind Hours.
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