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Gary T. Smith (born October 30, 1954) is an American screenwriter, actor, and film and television director. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, he is descended from a long line of Georgians, dating back before the Civil War. He was raised in a typical middle-class family of the 1950s and 60s, his father an executive in the baking industry and his mother a stay-at-home mom. He has drawn on this heritage as inspiration for his films. ==Early career== Smith's career began in 1971 at WHAE-TV46/Atlanta, while he was still a high school student. The station was owned and operated by Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network. After a stint as station courier and film department assistant, he moved to the studio where he began to learn the skills that he would later use to develop his own productions. In the mid-70s, he relocated to Virginia where he worked at CBN's headquarters' station, running camera for the network's flagship program ''The 700 Club''. On April 29, 1977, he participated in the inaugural broadcast of the CBN Satellite Service which is now ABC Family. In the 1980s, Smith directed ''The Breakfast Club'', a live daily talk show in Atlanta (which also aired weekly on the defunct PTL Satellite Network), as well as studio segments for ''MotoWorld'', seen on The Nashville Network. He was awarded an Area Emmy by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for work on the documentary ''Zoo Atlanta: The World's Next Great Zoo'', in July, 1987.〔''The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution'', July 19, 1987, page D/24.〕 The 90s brought more opportunities as he co-developed and directed the television series ''Prep Sports +'' for Georgia Public Television, and directed the internationally broadcast program ''Praise the Lord'' for the Trinity Broadcasting Network. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary T. Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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