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Howard Smith (b. 1936 ) is an Oscar winning film director, producer, journalist, screenwriter, actor, and radio broadcaster. Howard Smith started his career as a photographer. His work appeared in Life, Newsweek and many other national publications. Several years later, he pursued journalism from another perspective and became a writer for more than thirty years. His articles appeared in newspapers and magazines ranging from Playboy to The New York Times; from the Ladies Home Journal to The Village Voice. He wrote regularly for the New York City based weekly newspaper, The Village Voice,... MORE

Howard Smith (b. 1936 ) is an Oscar winning film director, producer, journalist, screenwriter, actor, and radio broadcaster. Howard Smith started his career as a photographer. His work appeared in Life, Newsweek and many other national publications. Several years later, he pursued journalism from another perspective and became a writer for more than thirty years. His articles appeared in newspapers and magazines ranging from Playboy to The New York Times; from the Ladies Home Journal to The Village Voice. He wrote regularly for the New York City based weekly newspaper, The Village Voice, in the 1960s and 1970s. One of his regular columns was "Scenes". During the Village Voice's early and formative years, his column, "Scenes", with its reporting on the emerging counterculture, became a part of the paper's groundbreaking new journalism. The column ran weekly for twenty years and became known for its cutting edge coverage and innovative short-form critiques. His work for the Village Voice is frequently cited as one of the highly influential examples of the new participatory journalism that made less rigid the distinction between the observer and the observed. Howard produced and LESS