Matt Smitley is a director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer, and actor, born in Corbin, Kentucky. He graduated from Asbury University with a Cinema Studies degree, and resides in southeast Kentucky.
Smitley's first short film The Arbors has received honors from international film festivals such as Rhode Island International and Montreal Independent, and many more. His most recent film That Groovy Rotten Smell was an official selection of the Twelve Lions Film Festival and has amassed over 200,000 views online.
Smitley is the co-founder and president of Midnight Centennial, a Kentucky based indie film collective that produces and distributes films.
Smitley can be seen as Hartman in FX's TV show English Teacher.
