Othniel Smith

Screenwriter and Director

Cardiff, United Kingdom

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About Othniel

Othniel Smith - writer.

His previous work for television includes eight episodes of “The Story Of Tracy Beaker” and two episodes of “Kerching” (both CBBC); 3 episodes of “Tati’s Hotel” (CITV); and the short film “Say It” for BBC Wales/It’s My Shout (2013).

He has written three plays for BBC Radio Four: “Sanctified” (1993), “Thank-You For Talking To Me Africa” (1994), “Man Talk” (2001); and two for BBC Radio Wales: “To The Limit” (1993) and “Fight Of The Century” (2002).

His work for theatre includes “Giant Steps” (Made In Wales: Oval House, London and Chapter, Cardiff, 1998); the co-written “The Exquisite Corpse” (True/Fiction Theatre:Wales Millennium Centre, Edinburgh Fringe, 2008; Southwark Playhouse, 2009); and “See The Glory which received a reading during Talawa’s “Manz Like Me” season, Young Vic, London, 2008).

His films can be seen on http://www.vimeo/othniel

Gender:
Male

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"The Emperor Of Ice Cream" by Wallace Stevens

Credits

Love's Philosophy (2018)
Film Director
The Emperor of Ice Cream (2015)
Film (Short) Director The classic poem by Wallace Stevens.
The Want of Intimacy (2013)
Film (Short and Drama) Writer A number of people reflect on loneliness, regret and emotional breakdown.
Made in Wales (2013)
Television (Drama) Writer Add a Plot »
Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf (2012)
Film (Short, Drama and War) Director A modernist poem by Virginia Woolf, visualized using images from the Prelinger Archive.
King Horse (2011)
Film (Short and Drama) Writer A troubled woman. A lonely man. Two phones. An awkward conversation.
To a Young Poet (2010)
Video (Documentary, Short and Drama) Director An adaptation of the poem 'To A Young Poet' by Welsh writer R. S. Thomas (1913-2000), made entirely using found audio and video from the Prelinger Archive.
Charismatic (2008)
Film (Short and Drama) Writer Two lost, ranting people find a moment of communication.
Hilltop Hospital (1999)
Television (Animation, Family, Drama and Comedy) Writer Add a Plot »
Tati's Hotel
TV Series Writer
The Story of Tracy Beaker
TV Series Writer
Kerching!
TV Series Writer