Annick Smith

Annick Smith is a writer and filmmaker of Jewish-Hungarian descent whose work deals primarily with the literature and history of Montana, memoir, travel, and environmental issues. She has worked as a high school teacher, a book editor for the University of Washington Press, and an editor for the Montana Business Quarterly . She is known for her film credits, which include Heartland , co-producer of Robert Redford's adaptation of Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It , and associate producer...See more

Annick Smith is a writer and filmmaker of Jewish-Hungarian descent whose work deals primarily with the literature and history of Montana, memoir, travel, and environmental issues. She has worked as a high school teacher, a book editor for the University of Washington Press, and an editor for the Montana Business Quarterly . She is known for her film credits, which include Heartland , co-producer of Robert Redford's adaptation of Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It , and associate producer of Peacock's War . Smith is a founding board member of the Sundance Film Institute and the founder of the Hellgate Writers, a literary center in Missoula. Her books include Homestead , Big Bluestem , and The Last Best Place , which she edited with William Kittredge. Her articles, poems, and stories have appeared in Audubon , Outside , National Geographic Traveler , Story, and elsewhere. She has lived in Montana since 1964. See less