Miriam Smith is a New Zealand filmmaker.[1] Her films have twice won New Zealand Film Awards, in 2012 and 2017.[2]
Smith studied film and English at the University of Auckland, graduating with a master's degree in screenwriting. She later studied at Binger Filmlab in the Netherlands.[2]
Smith is a co-director, with Christopher Pryor, of production company Deer Heart Films.[3] In 2016 Smith and Pryor received the Harriet Friedlander Residency.[4]