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Thurston Smith - Spartan Punk Productions, Inc.
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Thurston Smith is an Emmy Award winning director, writer, producer and editor.Thurston received his Emmy while still in college for producing "The Richmond Rage - History in the Making" (1997) a documentary about a young women,s basketball team.Thurston currently works as a Producer and Senior Avid Editor at Getty Images.Thurston has created countless spots and award winning demos for companies such as Aquafina, Discovery and Quest.He co-directed and edited for Disney's feature length film "Illumination 2000 - Reflections of Earth" which aired at Epcot for one year.
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Three years ago, Thurston founded "Spartan Punk Productions, Inc" a small independent film company, which he used to produce two documentaries - "Silicon Alley Stories" and ,Salvation for Siberia., ,Silicon Alley Stories, won best documentary (2001) at the New York Independent Film Festivals.Most recently, Spartan Punk Productions produced its first short film entitled ,Whoa,, and is currently in production for another short film and a new documentary.Punk is also heading Post-production for ,Sylvia,s Soul, a documentary about the famous Sylvia,s Soul Food restaurant in Harlem.Among the many awards Thurston has received, he has won thirteen awards at the New York Festivals (1998-2004) and five at the Chicago International Film Festival (2002-2003).