About
Short Bio (165 words) (As of 2026)
Kevin Smokler is a writer, documentary filmmaker and event host focused on art, culture and human-powered creativity. He’s the author of 3 books including BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS (2025), BRAT PACK AMERICA (2016) is a love letter to teen movies of the 1980s and 013 essay collection PRACTICAL CLASSICS, a 50 book attempt to reread one’s high school reading list as an adult.
As a documentary filmmaker he has co-directed/co-produced (w/ Christopher Boone) VINYL NATION (2022)on the American renaissance of the vinyl record, won ten awards and screened at 50 film festivals worldwide. and the documentary short MIDDLE GROUNDS (2024) about coffee shops and civic dialogue will be released this year. Currently he is co-directing a feature documentary The Bottom of the Hill, a legendary San Francisco live music venue.
Onstage, he has been in conversation with comedians, filmmakers, musicians architects, actors and authors. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and many many books, DVDs and vinyl records.
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