Sean-Michael Smith is an Emmy award-winning producer and director, and he is the founder of Prohibition Films, a production company that creates scripted and documentary television series and feature films. He began his career contributing to feature scripts and dialogue coaching on the Cannes Palme d'Or winning film, Dancer In the Dark, and his independent film Pete Smalls Is Dead opened the Slamdance film festival. Smith is an alumnus of USC’s Cinematic Arts program. His work has also received awards & recognition from the Academy of Television and Sciences College Television Awards, Comic-Con, Sundance, Platinum PR Award, among others.