Stiaan Smith

Stiaan Smith is a South-African writer, director and actor. As a writer, Stiaan's career began writing stage plays - performing at various festivals around the country. He garnered several awards along the way, including the best debut production at the Innibos Festival in Nelspruit. He has performed in numerous productions, including Vir Altyd, Sy Klink Soos Lente, Wonderlus, and Vuil Wasgoed, and was also presented with the best actor award at both the Shnit festival in Cape Town, and the Hyperdrive Festival in London for his work in the independent short film Preperation. In 2016, Stiaan produced and wrote his debut feature film Sy Klink Soos Lente. He received the best original script award at the Silwermskerm festival in Cape Town for his work on the short film Beurtkrag. Later on, Stiaan also developed Beurtkrag into a stage play, which had a successful run touring the country. He then went on to co-create the television mockumentary Hotel, writing and directing on the show which has received various nominations, including the South African Film and Television award for best writing in a comedy series. As an actor, he continues to perform in local film and television. His most recent work includes lead roles in various KykNet productions, such as Toorbos, Meisies wat Fluit and Spoorloos. Stiaan also worked as a staff writer on Getroud met Rugby, having written more than two-hundred episodes for the daytime television show.