Paul Russell Smith

Operation Cowboy (2015 - 2025)
Film by Mad Riot/Atmosphere Entertainment Writer An adaptation of NY Times bestselling author Stephan Talty's "Operation Cowboy", the unique and strange story of the collaboration between Nazi veterinarians and the American Second Cavalry to liberate the famed Lipizzaner stallions from the deadly wrath of the advancing Russian army in April of 1945.

Black Wave
Film Co-writer (with Emmy-winner Adam Mazer) Screen adaptation of the book by John and Jean Silverwood. After embarking on a lifelong dream of sailing around the world, a San Diego family (father, mother, and 4 young children) battles impossible odds for survival...and a ticking clock... when their sailboat is destroyed in the middle of the South Pacific.

GRACE POINT
Film by Rory Karpf Co-writer A young addict en route to rehab is waylaid by a violent local family and forced into a brutal fight for survival — and for the second chance he may not deserve.