SHORT FORM
Selected directing work.
01 — BIOGRAPHY
ABOUTTONY DEAN
TONY DEAN SMITH IS AN AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR RENOWNED FOR HIS SHARP SENSE OF STORY, ELEGANT CAMERAWORK AND GROUNDED PERFORMANCES.
His critically acclaimed feature film, Volition, earned international festival awards and praise from Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Rotten Tomatoes, where it holds an 87% Fresh rating. The film's success also earned Tony the Directors Guild of Canada's Best BC Director Award.
Tony has directed productions for Paramount Plus, Hallmark, Lifetime, and Independent Studios, working across genres including sci-fi, psychological thriller, action, romance, and comedy. His collaborators include Academy Award winner Jon Voight, BAFTA winner Tom Hollander, Golden Globe winners Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jeremy Piven, and actors Sienna Guillory, Peter Serafinowicz, Seth Green and Kevin Dillon.
A former actor, lifelong camera enthusiast and award-winning picture editor, Tony brings a rare combination of storytelling instinct, technical precision and collaborative ease to the set. His ability to envision the edit before the shoot allows him to work efficiently while leaving room for spontaneity and discovery.
At his core, Tony Dean believes storytelling is more than entertainment. It is a mirror to the human experience—and an invitation to transformation.
87%FRESH ON ROTTEN TOMATOESVOLITION
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02 — DIRECTING
Selected work
A curated filmography spanning studio and independent features, network television and long-form storytelling.
FEATURE FILMS
TELEVISION & LONG-FORM FILMS
03 — OTHER FORMS
Music Videos & Specs
Music videos, commercials, and specs.
SELECTED FILMS AND PRODUCTION NOTES COMING SOON
04 — THE PROCESS
Behind the scenes
On-set moments, collaborators and the filmmaking process. Select any photograph to see it full frame.
05 — A FILM BY TONY DEAN SMITH
Volition
A mind-bending science-fiction thriller. Its story, critical reception, and the craft behind the film.
WHAT IF YOU SAW YOUR OWN DEATH?
Haunted since childhood by visions of a future he cannot change, James Odin survives on petty crime—until he foresees his own murder and goes on the run to defy a fate he believes is fixed.
Directed by Tony Dean Smith, from a screenplay by Tony Dean Smith and Ryan W. Smith, Volition is a mind-bending science-fiction thriller exploring foreknowledge, free will and the price of changing what comes next.
FEATURED IN
VARIETY · THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER · THE GLOBE AND MAIL · AIN’T IT COOL NEWS
CRITICAL RESPONSE
Variety
REPORTER
AND MAIL
NEWS
Succinctly propulsiveREAD THE REVIEW ↗THE HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
An ingeniously constructed puzzlerREVIEW REFERENCE ↗THE GLOBE
AND MAIL
A future midnight-movie gemCRITIC’S REVIEW ↗AIN’T IT COOL
NEWS
A near-perfect filmREAD THE INTERVIEW ↗
ADDITIONAL FESTIVAL WINS
SHRIEKFEST LA — BEST SCI-FI FEATURE · NEW YORK CITY HORROR FILM FESTIVAL — BEST SCI-FI FEATURE · OSTIA FILM FESTIVAL — BEST DIRECTOR · FILMQUEST — BEST EDITING
THE MAKING OF VOLITION
From page to frame
An original behind-the-scenes webisode series: the creative partnership, the storyboards, rehearsals, production and the edit.
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