Trevor Smith

Executive Vice President

Trevor Smith, Executive Vice President of This Machine, is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and R.J. Cutler’s longtime producing partner.

Prior to launching This Machine, Smith served as the Vice President for Cutler Productions, and began his career working with producer Lawrence Gordon.

Smith’s documentary producing credits include Elton John: Never Too Late (Disney+), Martha (Netflix), the Academy Award shortlisted Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry (Apple TV+), The Disappearance Of Shere Hite (IFC), South to Black Power (HBO), BELUSHI (Showtime), The World According to Dick Cheney (Showtime) and the documentary short films Some Style Is Legendary and Fish.

Smith is the Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-winning non-fiction series “Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul” (Netflix), “Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus and Mayhem in the USA” (MGM+) and “Supreme Models” (YouTube’s Black Voices Fund). He is also the Co-Executive Producer of the award-winning “Dear…” (Apple TV+).

Smith’s narrative producing credits include the feature If I Stay, which stars actress Chloë Grace Moretz; the short films How My Next Door Neighbour Discovered Life on Mars and Glam to Sham, as well as The Oval Office Tapes podcast.

Upcoming projects for Smith include Lee Soo Man: The King of K-Pop (Prime Video), an Untitled Olivia Newton-John documentary, and a non-fiction series about the 2024 Dodgers vs Yankees World Series (Apple TV+).

Smith is currently serving as co-chair of the Documentary & Non-Fiction Committee for the Producers Guild of America. Smith also sits on the Documentary Peer Group Executive Committee for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

In the fall of 2023, Smith was named on Business Insider’s annual ‘Rising Stars in Media' list.

In 2022, Smith was named a ‘40 Under 40’ honoree by DOC NYC and HBO Documentary Films. The annual list celebrates emerging talent in the documentary world.

Smith has won an Emmy Award and has been shortlisted for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Documentary Feature. Smith is also an Imagen Award winner, a Silver Telly Award winner and the recipient of the ‘Best Producer’ Award from the Pacific Film and Television Commission’s Queensland New Filmmakers Awards. Smith has been nominated for a PGA Award, Critics Choice Documentary Award, Grierson Award, People’s Choice Award, an MTV Movie & TV Award, a Hollywood Music In Media Award, and a Webby Award.