Marc Smerling is a renowned filmmaker, having received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the documentary "Capturing The Friedmans" (2003),which garnered 18 major international prizes, including the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the New York Film Critics Circle Award.
Smerling co-wrote and produced the narrative feature "All Good Things" (2010),starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, and Frank Langella, and produced the critically acclaimed documentary "Catfish" (2010),released by Universal Pictures, which also spawned a successful television series.
As an executive producer, Smerling oversaw the production of "Catfish," a television series that has gained immense popularity.
Smerling's work on "The Jinx" (2015),a six-part series for HBO, delved into the story of a scion of one of New York City's wealthiest real estate families accused of committing three murders over a period of twenty-five years.
Smerling's foray into podcasting resulted in the critically acclaimed series "Crimetown: Providence" (2017),which topped numerous podcast charts, including those of The New York Times and The Atlantic Monthly. The Ringer described it as "cinema for your ears," while Interview Magazine praised it as an "ambitious, anthropological epic."
The second season of "Crimetown" (2019) focused on the controversial mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, who is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence.
Smerling's podcast, "Crimetown: Providence," has amassed almost 100 million downloads worldwide, and its two spin-offs, "The Ballad Of Billy balls" and "The RFK Tapes," have been developed into television series at major studios.
Smerling's career in documentaries began as an associate producer for NBC's "Gangs, Cops & Drugs" and "The New Hollywood," as well as a US producer for news and documentaries at Berlusconi Television.
He graduated from the University of Southern California's film school, where his thesis documentary, "Driving The American Dream," won a Nissan Focus Award and a Gold Eagle.
Smerling also earned a dual degree in written journalism and international relations from the Newhouse and Maxwell Schools at Syracuse University.
