Michael Glover Smith

Michael Glover Smith is a Chicago-based filmmaker/writer, author, and teacher. Filming for Michael’s most recent film Hekla, starring Elizabeth Stam, has recently finished – the festival premiere will be in early 2026.

Michael is also the director of four award-winning feature films, the most recent of which, Relative, stars Wendy Robie (Twin Peaks) and is distributed by Music Box Films. It was the 23rd highest-grossing movie in the U.S. in its first week of release in 2022.

His previous book, Flickering Empire: How Chicago Invented the U.S. Film Industry (co-written with Adam Selzer), was published by Columbia University Press to acclaim in 2015. He has seen Bob Dylan 100 times in concert.