Annick Smith
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Annick Smith is a writer and filmmaker whose work often focuses on the natural world.
The daughter of Hungarian émigrés, Smith was born in Paris and raised in Chicago, Illinois. In 1964, she moved to Montana
, where she and her husband and sons eventually settled on a 163 acre (0.65963818 km²) ranch in the Blackfoot River
valley. Her husband died from heart failure in 1974, but Smith remained on the land to raise her sons.
Among her books are Homestead, Big Bluestem, and In This We Are Native. She also co-edited an anthology of Montana writing, The Last Best Place. Her travel writing and essays have appeared in journals such as Audubon, Outside, Islands, Travel + Leisure, and National Geographic Traveler.
Smith served as executive producer of the film Heartland
Ferretti, Fred (22 November 1981). "Heartland" - A Triumph of True Grit, The New York Times
and co-producer of A River Runs Through It
, directed by Robert Redford
. She was also a founding board member of Redford’s Sundance Institute
.
Smith lives in Montana with her partner, the writer William Kittredge
.
The daughter of Hungarian émigrés, Smith was born in Paris and raised in Chicago, Illinois. In 1964, she moved to Montana
Montana
Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, where she and her husband and sons eventually settled on a 163 acre (0.65963818 km²) ranch in the Blackfoot River
Blackfoot River (Montana)
The Blackfoot River, sometimes called the Big Blackfoot River to distinguish it from the Little Blackfoot River, is a snow-fed and spring-fed river in western Montana. The Blackfoot River begins in Lewis and Clark County at the Continental Divide, 10 miles northeast of the town of Lincoln...
valley. Her husband died from heart failure in 1974, but Smith remained on the land to raise her sons.
Among her books are Homestead, Big Bluestem, and In This We Are Native. She also co-edited an anthology of Montana writing, The Last Best Place. Her travel writing and essays have appeared in journals such as Audubon, Outside, Islands, Travel + Leisure, and National Geographic Traveler.
Smith served as executive producer of the film Heartland
Heartland (film)
Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West, and is based on a 1914 published reminiscence by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader.Though...
Ferretti, Fred (22 November 1981). "Heartland" - A Triumph of True Grit, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
and co-producer of A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It (film)
A River Runs Through It is an Academy Award winning 1992 American film directed by Robert Redford and starring Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn, and Emily Lloyd...
, directed by Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Charles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...
. She was also a founding board member of Redford’s Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981 that actively advances the work of filmmakers and storytellers worldwide...
.
Smith lives in Montana with her partner, the writer William Kittredge
William Kittredge
William Kittredge is an American writer from Oregon, United States. He was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up on a ranch in Southeastern Oregon's Warner Valley in Lake County where he attended school in Adel, Oregon, and later would attend high school in California and Oregon...
.