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"Darkly comedic, Mike A. Smith's Missionary is muscular animation that deftly captures the nuance of human behavior."
- Rose Bond, award-winning animator and media artist

"Quixotically eccentric... A great parable for an age of clashing belief systems." (Missionary)
- Steve Seid, Video Curator at the Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley

"A spirited tribal paean to hunting and gathering." (Lithos)
- Jill Sprecher, director, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

"I was particularly impressed by the way Smith managed to represent our lives as an outsider looking in." (Hominid) "The pencil and crayon drawings, delicate and nuanced, add an organic feel that I really like." (Missionary)
- Aniboom.com

"An inspired collection of work."
- ASIFA-NW on its 2003 showreel, featuring Lithos

Screenings & Honors

  • The ASIFA-East Animation Festival (First Place Student Film, 2007 )
  • OurStage.com (Grand Prize Video Winner, Oct. 2007)
  • The Miami Short Film Festival
  • The Nicktoons Animation Festival
  • The New Beijing International Film Festival
  • Channel Frederator (including the Best of the Last Half of '06 episode)
  • The Bumbershoot One Reel Film Festival
  • The Cortoons International Animated Film Festival
  • The Northwest Film & Video Festival
  • Aniboom.com (who selected Mike as their Animator of the Week)
  • Casertanimata International Animation Festival
  • The WT Os International Film Festival
  • Featured media on Animation World Network
  • The Forest Theater Film Festival
  • The ASIFA-NW touring reel
  • The Kelso Festival of Short Film and Video
  • Portland Artist Network’s MERGE Festival


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Mike A. Smith
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Between growing up in New York State and settling in Oregon, Mike has been to six continents, moved some tons of dirt for archeology, and once was chased by a monkey. He first started animating as a kid with a borrowed Super 8 camera and some plasticine, going on to work with everything from cutouts to paint-on-glass to Maya. Mike lives in Portland. His award-winning character animation has competed in festivals as far away as Norway, Italy, and China.
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Freelancing since 2006, Mike looks for challenging animation & graphic work. Recent projects range from logo designs for Portland-area businesses to vector animation for a German laser light company.

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Drats!!!
Unpredictable Portland art-punk sextet.

PLATFORM Int'l Animation Fest
Portland's day in the sun.

The Skeptics Society
Until they debunk Bigfoot.

Cartoon Brew
The morning news for animatophiles.

Channel Frederator
Fresh shorts from worldwide animators.


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503-750-4505
Portland, Oregon USA

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