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Cauleen Smith

American film director and artist · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1967 · age 59

Cauleen Smith is an American born filmmaker and multimedia artist. She is best known for her feature film Drylongso and her experimental works that address the African-American identity, specifically the issues facing black women today.

Cauleen Smith is read about 13 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 25 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2025The Volcano ManifestoFilm, Director2023Anonymous Was A Woman AwardAward2022Heinz AwardAwardMy CalderaFilm, 2022Director2021Guggenheim FellowshipAwardSuffolkFilm, 2021Director2019Egungun (Ancestor Can't Find Me)Film, Director2017Sine at the Canyon Sine at the Sea (by Kelly Gabron)Film, Director2015Crow RequiemFilm, Director, Writer2013Songs for Earth & FolkFilm, Director2011Night SkyFilm, Judge2008EntitledFilm, Director2005The Green DressFilm, Director2003Sisters in CinemaFilm1999DrylongsoFilm, Director, Writer1998White SuitFilm, Director1990Daily RainsFilm, Director1967Born25 September 1967

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Filmography 36

48 credits on file

Media & music

Awards

Anonymous Was A Woman Award2023
Heinz Award2022
Guggenheim Fellowship2021

About this person

Smith is currently a professor in the Department of Art at the University of California - Los Angeles.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1967 · age 59

Where to find them

IMDbWebsitecauleensmith.com

In the same film or series as Cauleen

Bruce WagnerAlso in Women in Film (2001)Salim AkilAlso in Drylongso (1999)Sky HopinkaAlso in Cinetracts '20 (2020)Gabriel MascaroAlso in Cinetracts '20 (2020)Leon Isaac KennedyAlso in Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA (2016)Shirikiana AinaAlso in Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA (2016)