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Was not as well-received, but has since been Vindicated by History. Mallrats - First studio film and second Askewniverse film (though chronologically set the day before Clerks).Clerks - His DIY debut, famously filmed in the convenience store where he worked at the time and the first film in The View Askewniverse.Also not to be confused with another Kevin Smith, the $1,000,000 winner on the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Not to be confused with the late Kevin Smith, best known for playing Ares in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its various spin-offs. He was one of the first film directors to have a major internet presence, going all the way back to the mid-90's.Ĭurrently, he can easily be found on either his twitter page or his internet radio station. Hence, An Evening with Kevin Smith led to sequels An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder, Sold Out: A Threevening With Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40 and Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell. Noted for holding detailed audience Q&A sessions, initially attached to his movies, he discovered that people would pay to come to an auditorium and listen to him tell stories and answer audience questions without any context. He is well known for being extremely approachable and friendly towards his fans often he will take time after his appearances at comic book conventions and the like to sign autographs and chat with fans for multiple hours.
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This expanded into a network of podcasts under the SModcast Network banner, including Tell 'Em Steve-Dave (with Smith's close friends Bryan Johnson, Walt Flanagan, and Brian Quinn), Jay and Silent Bob Get Old (Smith and Jason Mewes), Plus One (Smith and his wife Jennifer Schwalbach-Smith), Blow Hard (indie filmmaker Malcolm Ingram, with Smith occasionally co-hosting), and Hollywood Babble-On (Smith and actor Ralph Garman).
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He has also become a prolific podcaster, creating the weekly series SModcast with longtime partner producer Scott Mosier.
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Smith also jump started the careers of two of his friends, Jason Lee (who before Mallrats was one of the most well known professional skateboarders in the country) and Ben Affleck by casting them in major roles in Mallrats and Chasing Amy before they both went off to fame and fortune (both would appear in all of Smith's other Askewniverse movies). Released in 1994, Clerks became an instant cult favorite and one of the pioneers of the independent genre. It starred various lifelong friends and local amateur actors, notably childhood friends Jason Mewes and Jeff Anderson. Smith got his start by making Clerks, a black and white film shot on location in the scenic convenience store where he worked at the time and financed by maxing out his credit cards and putting his comic book collection up for collateral. As a result, he tends to go back to the Askewniverse trough, often self-aware of its approaching Franchise Zombie status. Smith is best known for the eight-film New Jersey Trilogy set in The View Askewniverse his non-Askewniverse productions Jersey Girl and Zack and Miri Make a Porno have not been as successful (or at least no more successful). They have one daughter, Harley Quinn Smith (yes, named after the Batman: The Animated Series character he is close friends with writer Paul Dini). He married journalist Jennifer Schwalbach in 1999. Smith is a proud native of New Jersey and most of his films take place in the state. Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, comic book writer, podcast host, comedian and motivational speaker best known for his "View Askewniverse" films, notably Clerks, Chasing Amy and Dogma. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out."
