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alenasmith https://alenasmith.com alenasmith Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:00:21 +0000 https://alenasmith.com en First brush with Hollywood http://alenasmith.com/First-brush-with-Hollywood Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:00:21 +0000 alenasmith 457259 Alena was an extra in “Regarding Henry” (1991). Age 10, second row, third from left. She still remembers eating bagels with cream cheese and jelly from craft services that day.  <img width="1196" height="808" width_o="1196" height_o="808" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/db76a10c5e8ce1d3b923e876a95f0a82c6d0f6b2bb42ab5fb643eeadb7e16ad9/Regarding-Henry-film-91-or-92-copy.png" data-mid="1412028" border="0" /> <img width="200" height="276" width_o="200" height_o="276" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/02d769cad437b699863917dd670ec12a2f519a37e59d704a681aa98baeb505fa/ams-regarding-henry.jpg" data-mid="1412029" border="0" /> Alena was an extra in “Regarding Henry” (1991). Age 10, second row, third from left. She still remembers eating bagels with cream cheese and jelly from craft... News http://alenasmith.com/News Fri, 29 Sep 2023 17:47:15 +0000 alenasmith 448434 News All Boys‘Dickinson’ Creator Alena Smith to Develop Drama ‘All Boys’ at Netflix With 21 Laps Producing. Variety, March 2026. Audrey Hepburn ProjectLily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film on making of ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’ from Imagine & Case Study Films; Dickinson’s Alena Smith scripting. Deadline, Feb 2026. Cry WolfExecutive Producer on FX’s upcoming limited series Cry Wolf, starring Olivia Colman and Brie Larson, created by Sarah Treem.  Hollywood Reporter, July 2025. WME Alena Smith has signed with WME for representation in all areas. The agency will work with Smith to further develop her approach to storytelling in film and television. Variety, October 2025.‘You Cannot Put a Fire Out’A new scholarly article on Dickinson by Sarah E. S. Sinwell published in New Queer Television, by University of Chicago Press. March, 2025. News All Boys‘Dickinson’ Creator Alena Smith to Develop Drama ‘All Boys’ at Netflix With 21 Laps Producing. Variety, March 2026. Audrey Hepburn... Vibes http://alenasmith.com/Vibes Thu, 28 Sep 2023 23:37:15 +0000 alenasmith 448404 <img width="1200" height="930" width_o="1200" height_o="930" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f73172a7a2c83319abb781319a9c9439f099c3bb8215b136f9494080c89ecf78/IMG_3356.jpg" data-mid="1319455" border="0" /> <img width="576" height="700" width_o="576" height_o="700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ad1d24ddfd5c98c37ac00b05033d31e0c567a3dd2a97eb2c316aec6b230627fd/Hilma-af-Klint-40.jpg" data-mid="1319454" border="0" /> <img width="650" height="513" width_o="650" height_o="513" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dfdaa57fd425aacef1036599da1ec2999fa8d5c66159fe005df79676bef78f4f/IMG_4985.jpg" data-mid="1319450" border="0" /> <img width="592" height="781" width_o="592" height_o="781" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5263d05f211f199ce515595e44d01612532c9d374f544510aa8d01c4b6fa1807/asawa-milk-carton.jpg" data-mid="1319449" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="1711" width_o="1280" height_o="1711" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/27d87a044b01370c8e6923cc32d1fc118b0d12e8794f801132039e177682b1ad/a-game-of-patience.jpg" data-mid="1319458" border="0" /> <img width="1024" height="612" width_o="1024" height_o="612" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/861158042feda5263a7b0fe8d64bb9b91aad01e39b57d48124d5d1f1c9ae7d82/IMG_9878.JPG" data-mid="1319447" border="0" /><img width="1140" height="640" width_o="1140" height_o="640" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/81893d3669a2b3e8a0ed7721b7405de3dd61277e5acddfabed042080456ce125/C2D7D2C4-3F8D-4E81-BF2F-95F30C71E13F.JPG" data-mid="1432740" border="0" /><img width="987" height="1200" width_o="987" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ece4524adb994c8f6be82e74e186d5a465f10b07bf03137d3406ee370e23fba9/171009_r30676-987.jpg" data-mid="1319453" border="0" /><img width="1472" height="1072" width_o="1472" height_o="1072" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/271f7f582152fe1204124a6f5292cdc9c6a0a36ab4e0526c047a199d70f2f55c/IMG_1454.JPG" data-mid="1320238" border="0" /><img width="953" height="1197" width_o="953" height_o="1197" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2d75b7582657b4aab8bf44cf235de4c0322913702fcc3385e62f9c3361c4d694/harpist.jpg" data-mid="1319451" border="0" /> <img width="799" height="599" width_o="799" height_o="599" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5e66c581137ceb6f45cb83f01677d20e08e627bb2f1347031cd1d226a6d64ba8/IMG_1218.JPG" data-mid="1320237" border="0" /> <img width="620" height="760" width_o="620" height_o="760" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/82bdc334e8aa83fde5526dbc8c2018b3c1b27f1f7b1df45d8918ab68a5876566/nichols-and-may.jpg" data-mid="1319448" border="0" /> <img width="1442" height="1437" width_o="1442" height_o="1437" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5a176f824a61e8e65aa6330b369596131c7c6dbf7544962979cc55d6445e6e65/IMG_0628.JPG" data-mid="1320236" border="0" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/904ddca3daee04d07c1bd9bfb2ada77e545311c176fe687a98d3124e4049846c/connection-to-reality.JPG" data-mid="1319445" border="0" /><img width="748" height="1200" width_o="748" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ad7e5a4cf45f285ad06ba197130274d88a7775fdd3298fb6004e97f07694264d/IMG_6015.JPG" data-mid="1319446" border="0" /><img width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6b671e298451e579a8c00884e65100bdecd9cb1fae8a9baeda170bbcbf467572/Daisies.jpg" data-mid="1319462" border="0" /><img width="5574" height="3257" width_o="5574" height_o="3257" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/28f2421e5629630c1d4103e5fc6072182ae930375d682b3b46259b8f530be759/Plane-collage-5.jpg" data-mid="1319457" border="0" /><img width="920" height="920" width_o="920" height_o="920" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5b596c8fcb4fa84bb13dea7dcc13081cf0e352dd410be1bdaf2d69ac94daf723/Classic-Red.jpg.CROP.article920-large.jpg" data-mid="1319461" border="0" /><img width="1280" height="800" width_o="1280" height_o="800" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c43cd5ce2c874a5abfaa5fcae2e5369deea9e2a185f57e23fcec95374210e195/Screen-Shot-2013-05-07-at-6.40.29-PM.jpg" data-mid="1319468" border="0" /> Mantras http://alenasmith.com/Mantras Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:27:48 +0000 alenasmith 448280 The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality. - Herbert MarcuseThe direction I’m going is eventually you won’t know if it’s a joke or not. - Garry Shandling The newness the artist brings is in the arrangement. - Jenny Odell In any case it’s extremely important to be able to write in a code. - Anne Frank The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality. - Herbert MarcuseThe direction I’m going is eventually you won’t know if... Plays http://alenasmith.com/Plays Wed, 17 May 2023 18:58:14 +0000 alenasmith 442974 Plays Icebergs  The New Sincerity  The Bad Guys  Plucker  The Sacrifices  The Lacy Project  Alice Eat Your Words  The Piven Monologues Plays Icebergs  The New Sincerity  The Bad Guys  Plucker  The Sacrifices  The Lacy Project  Alice Eat Your Words  The Piven... Essays http://alenasmith.com/Essays Thu, 11 May 2023 18:24:43 +0000 alenasmith 442637 Essays The Ankler Death Spiral of Hollywood MonopoliesVanity Fair The AI Apocalypse Is Coming for Hollywood, but Don’t Robots Rule Us Already? The New York Times A Previvor’s Tale Los Angeles Review of Books You Can’t Make a Living: Digital Media, the End of TV’s Golden Age, and the Death Scene of the American Playwright GrantlandLiterary Parkour: @Horse_ebooks and the Rise of Twitter Fiction VultureCats: A Lesson in Garbage and Craft Essays The Ankler Death Spiral of Hollywood MonopoliesVanity Fair The AI Apocalypse Is Coming for Hollywood, but Don’t Robots Rule Us Already? The New York... Press http://alenasmith.com/Press Thu, 11 May 2023 18:24:14 +0000 alenasmith 442636 Selected Press Vogue Lily Collins Will Play Audrey Hepburn in a New Drama About the Making of Breakfast at Tiffany’s The New Yorker Alena Smith’s Subversive “Dickinson”Vanity FairHow Dickinson Became Apple’s Most Important Show The New York Times‘Dickinson’ Is an Offbeat Literary Origin Story, Written in Fire Harper’s BazaarAlena Smith Created Dickinson—and Reinvented an American Poet Decider‘Dickinson’ Season 3 Review: A Triumphant Ending to TV’s Most Innovative Show Selected Press Vogue Lily Collins Will Play Audrey Hepburn in a New Drama About the Making of Breakfast at Tiffany’s The New Yorker Alena Smith’s Subversive... Bio http://alenasmith.com/Bio Thu, 11 May 2023 18:21:30 +0000 alenasmith 442635 Alena Smith is a writer, director, and showrunner. She created the Peabody Award-winning series Dickinson, which ran for three seasons on Apple TV. Currently, she is developing  All Boys, a new original drama for Netflix. She is also an Executive Producer on FX’s limited series Cry Wolf, and will write the upcoming Audrey Hepburn biopic from Imagine, starring Lily Collins. Costumes, props, and set pieces from the critically-acclaimed Dickinson are on permanent view at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, MA, and an archive of the show's creation is featured in the collection of Harvard's Houghton Library. Previously, Smith served as writer and producer on Showtime’s The Affair and HBO’s The Newsroom. In addition to her writing for the screen, Smith's essays have been featured in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She studied playwriting at the Yale School of Drama; her plays have been produced around the world. Published plays include Icebergs, The Bad Guys, Plucker, The Lacy Project, and The New Sincerity, which the New York Times called “Splendid... entertaining and thought-provoking... comedy with a poignant edge.” Alena Smith is a writer, director, and showrunner. She created the Peabody Award-winning series Dickinson, which ran for three seasons on Apple TV. Currently, she... Home Page http://alenasmith.com/Home-Page Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:34:03 +0000 alenasmith 442633 Alena Smith is a writer, director, and showrunner. She created the Peabody Award-winning series Dickinson, which ran for three seasons on Apple TV. Currently, she is developing  All Boys, a new original drama for Netflix. She is also an Executive Producer on FX’s limited series Cry Wolf, and will write the upcoming Audrey Hepburn biopic from Imagine, starring Lily Collins. BIONEWS PRESS ESSAYS PLAYS MANTRAS VIBES CONTACT Alena Smith is a writer, director, and showrunner. She created the Peabody Award-winning series Dickinson, which ran for three seasons on Apple TV. Currently,...