casey smerczynski
CASEY SMERCZYNSKI
978. 882. 3522 • cmsmerczynski@gmail.com • Boston, Massachusetts
PROJECTS
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Spring 2021, Me & Three Others, pilot, 22 minutes. Position: Co-Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Director / Actor.
A mockumentary-style sitcom following three modern day creatures living amongst humankind in the suburbs of San Diego. Created for showing and fundraising. San Diego, California. Currently in the festival circuit.
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Spring 2020, Timelines, film short, 20 minutes. Position: Actor. A drama about a time traveling college student facing the dilemma of living in her easy-going past or staying in her complicated present-day life. Created for Ileana Sung’s senior thesis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Spring 2020, Hero Boomers, fountain pen ink triptych. Position: Artist. A study of the superhero comic and film boom that occurred post World War I and how its existence is due to warfare. Created for my Senior thesis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Winter 2020, Initiation, film short, 10 minutes. Position: Actor / Co-Director, Cinematographer, Editor. Dramedy following a college woman going through superhero puberty while trying to find her place in life. Created for Directing final, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Fall 2019, It’s Casual, documentary, 11 minutes. Position: Co-Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor. Documentary following Dartmouth’s unique ‘hook-up culture’ and the affects it has on campus culture. Created for Documentary final, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Summer 2017, Access to Justice, miniseries, 18 minutes. Positions: Writer / Actor / Co-Producer & Cinematographer.
Educational public service miniseries on speeding, drunk driving, property damage, underage smoking, and harassment. Created for Peabody Access to Television’s local network, Peabody, Massachusetts.
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AWARDS
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Official Selection, Me & Three Others, 2022. (Co-Creator)
Malibu Film Festival (Selected, Best Episode), New York International Film Awards (Award Winner, Best Series Pilot), Oniros Film Awards (Award Winner, Best Series Pilot). Pilot in circuit until September 2022.
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The Alexander Laing Screenwriting Award, Dartmouth College, 2020. (Screenwriter)
Alexander Laing was a Dartmouth alumni, a professor, a poet, a novelist, and a Guggenheim Fellowship award winner. The award is presented to those with the best original screenplay; a script with the most effective film material that also has the most potential for shooting.
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First Place for Instructional and Training category, Alliance for Community Media Northeast Region, 2017. (Writer,
Actor, Co-Producer, Co-Cinematographer)
First place for creating an informative and relevant educational miniseries for the public on speeding, drunk driving,
property damage, underage smoking, and harassment.
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Golden Key, Museum of Fine Arts, 2016. (Artist)
The highest Studio Art award given based on originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal voice or vision
decided by a panel of jurors.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Smerczynski, Casey, illustrator. Chouetty to the Rescue. By Edward Bradley. Kindle, 2020.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “From Boston, with Love” The Dartmouth, 6 February 2020.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2020/02/smerczynski-bubbler.
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Smerczynski et al., Beneath the Green. Tiltfactor Press, 2019. (Co-author, editor, and illustrator)
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Smerczynski, Casey. “The Parkas are Coming” The Dartmouth, 7 November 2019.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/11/smerczynski-parkas-are-coming.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “The Ecological Rebellion” The Dartmouth, 24 October 2019.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/10/smercynski-operation-acorn.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “Bonfire Metamorphosis” The Dartmouth, 10 October 2019.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/10/smerczynski-bonfire.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “Onion Got You Crying?” The Dartmouth, 26 September 2019.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/09/smerczynski-so-long-partner.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “Week 3” The Dartmouth, 18 January 2019.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2019/01/smerczynski-week-3.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “Dartmouth Overheards” The Dartmouth, 11 January 2018.
https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/11/smerczynski-dartmouth-overheards.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “Human’s Nature.” The Stonefence Review, 2018, https://www.stonefencereviewmag.com/fall-2018-art/2018/11/8/artwork-by-casey-smerczynski.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “The Year Before.” The Stonefence Review, 2017, https://www.stonefencereviewmag.com/winter-2017-art/2017/3/8/photography-and-art-by-casey-smerczynski.
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IN PROGRESS
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Smerczynski, Casey. “Throwing Stones.” 2019. Feature screenplay.
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Smerczynski, Casey. “Goons.” 2021. Pilot.
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Smerczynski, Casey, illustrator. CHILDREN'S BOOK COMING SOON.