Christopher Warre Smets

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  • Chris Smets

  • 37 / Male
  • Toronto, CA
  • Last Login: 11/13/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Movies. Music. Books. Cooking. Reptiles and amphibians. (But not cooking reptiles and amphibians -- that's just mean.) Sharks. This crazy world of ours. And you, whoever you are.
  • Music

    Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Hawksley Workman, Danny Michel, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, David Byrne/Talking Heads, R.E.M., The Jam, The New Pornographers, Led Zeppelin, Rock Plaza Central, Belle and Sebastian, The Ramones, The Beatles, Emmylou Harris, The Tragically Hip, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The National, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blue Rodeo, Rheostatics, Kathryn Rose, David Bowie, Royal Wood, Beastie Boys, Tom Waits, Chet Baker, The Damned, Ennio Morricone, Radiohead, Pixies, GUH, Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey, Willie Nelson, Green Day, The Stone Roses, Sarah Slean, Nina Simone, The Pogues, John Williams, Brian Cram, The Posies, Rush, Sondre Lerche, Charles Mingus, Billy Bragg, The Smiths, Wilco, Firewater, Nick Lowe, The Wrens' Secaucus, Mark Lanegan/Screaming Trees, T. Rex, Aimee Mann, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, The Cavedogs
  • Movies

    Rushmore, Almost Famous (Untitled Cut), The Empire Strikes Back, Broadcast News, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Apocalypse Now (original cut), Blade Runner (Director’s Cut), Tootsie, The Shining, Days of Heaven, Le Samourai, Evil Dead 2, The Killing, The Awful Truth, The Long Goodbye, Gun Crazy, Deliverance, Brazil (U.S. theatrical cut), Once Upon a Time in the West, Q: The Winged Serpent, The Lady Eve, The Conversation, The Squid and the Whale, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Apartment, Reservoir Dogs, North by Northwest, Annie Hall, Moulin Rouge (2001), Charade, Little Shop of Horrors (1986), The Limey, Network, Out of Sight, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Sweet Hereafter, The Graduate, Lost in Translation, Hard Eight, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, GoodFellas, The Myth of Fingerprints, Coen Brothers, Howard Hawks, Kevin Smith, Jean Pierre Melville, Billy Wilder, John Woo, Orson Welles, Francois Truffaut, Wes Anderson, Joseph H. Lewis, Roger Corman, Jonathan Demme, Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock, Cameron Crowe, Steven Soderbergh, Samuel Fuller, Francis Ford Coppola, John Hughes, Charlie Kaufman, Mike White, Martin Scorsese, David Cronenberg, Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Preston Sturges, Robert Altman, Sergio Leone, Michael Mann, Stanley Kubrick, film noir, horror flicks, French New Wave, ‘30s screwball comedy and all things ‘70s. I'd say that pretty much covers it.
  • Television

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Moonlighting, Freaks and Geeks, The Office (BBC), Angel, SCTV, 30 Rock, Dexter, Doctor Who, Undeclared, Firefly, Veronica Mars, Twin Peaks, The Newsroom, Six Feet Under, My So-Called Life, Real Time with Bill Maher, All in the Family, The Twilight Zone (‘60s/’80s).
  • Books

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Watchmen, The World According to Garp, Angry Candy, The Corrections, Adventures in the Screen Trade, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, High Fidelity, Nine Stories, Y: The Last Man, Assassination Vacation, The Time Traveler's Wife, A Third Face
  • Heroes

    My mom. Harlan Ellison. Pierre Trudeau. Elvis Costello. Joss Whedon. Sam Fuller.

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Brampton, Ontario
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Zodiac Sign: Taurus
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Occupation: Filmmaker

Networking

Blurbs

About me:

I'm the writer/director of the award-winning film The Overlookers, now available on home video from Sullivan Entertainment. In 2007, I wrote and directed the film The Last Hit Man for Peace Arch Entertainment. It's a crime drama about a father-daughter hitman team, starring Joe Mantegna, Elizabeth Whitmere, Romano Orzari, and Michael Majeski. The film recently won Best Feature at the 2008 Canadian Film Fest. The Last Hit Man - Behind the Scenes

Who I'd like to meet:

Filmmakers. Screenwriters. Actors. Movie buffs. Comic book geeks. Music fans. Artistic types in general. Canadians in any of the above categories. Old friends. New friends. Earthlings. Visiting aliens. Time travelers. Cyborgs. Androids. Monsters (friendly). Ghosts. Cartoon characters who interact with human beings. Animals that talk. A dinosaur. Tina Fey.

Comments

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  • Jan 5 2009 4:52 AM

    Sawatdii Pimaï! In Thai culture, it's customary for all unmarried women of child birthing age to produce a gag reel to
    celebrate the New Year. And thus...

    xoSG ;)
  • Dec 29 2008 5:28 AM

    talk tomorrow? whats a good time?
  • Dec 7 2008 7:07 PM

    caaaalllll meeeee
  • Sep 24 2008 6:58 PM

  • Sep 21 2008 7:09 AM

    knock-knock
    not that I have something to say... I just dropped in... to see what condition your condition was in ;)
    hope you're doing well... cheers!
  • Jul 29 2008 9:26 PM

    Poppin' in for a hello. I hope all is well for you.

    - Katie
  • Jul 21 2008 12:16 AM

    I'll IMAX if you will. I was supposed to see tomorrow night and have to cancel. SO NOT HAPPY.

  • Jul 21 2008 12:07 AM

    are you home yet? Have you seen Dark Knight? Mwah.

  • Jun 23 2008 10:12 PM

    SO GLAD we caught up for drinks. And the Cobb Salad at the Spoke is my new fave thing.


    More Smets soon please. Very gratified that Nick and Nora is going to do 35 million and looking forward to hearing about the next step in our plan for film domination and the correct flooring on my new home.

    Why shoudl two such things be mutually exclusive?
  • Jun 13 2008 1:19 AM

    I googled Diablo cody and am quite happy we share a birthday! Thanks for the heads up. :) Hahahah that photo was a joke, and apparently i get alot of asian's in my look alike thing. So I don't know what to make of that.

  • May 25 2008 8:41 PM

    tuesday morning. roger.

  • May 25 2008 4:45 PM

    when are you heeerrre?
  • Apr 29 2008 9:40 PM

    You + Me + drink = top urgent. Call my cell this week! Was thinking about seeing Crispin Glover's show.


    PS are you entering the MySpace Make a Video with Zach Braff contest? He's so dreamy......
  • Apr 29 2008 5:26 PM

    hey i enter a video i made into a contest. what d u think of it, u know being a director urself. mine however, is just a tommy boy spoof, nonetheless.




  • Apr 25 2008 10:20 PM

    Hey, Chris! Happy bloody birthday!:D
    have fun there and don't drink too much... ;)
    cheers,
    Z.

  • Apr 18 2008 8:30 PM

    They are designers from Vancouver. Fashion BABY! I am totally around - karaoke tonight, TFC tomorrow. Monday or Tuesday I am organizing fun people for drinks.

    In?
  • Apr 15 2008 2:50 AM

    Waffles and Falafels just sent a bulletin titled "Somebody call Billy Zane"....I thought of you!
  • Mar 18 2008 4:25 AM

    Hey there, hope you're having a good night.

    - Katie
  • Mar 7 2008 4:27 PM

    ew. im not eating spaghetti in the tub, smets. geez.
  • Mar 3 2008 4:21 AM

    Hey, hope you're enjoying your evening.

    - Katie
  • Feb 29 2008 7:23 PM

    Haha.... it feels like that sometimes.
    So what are you doing these days to keep busy?
  • Feb 29 2008 7:08 PM

    Thanks for the add. Love your page, thanks for the entertainment.

    - Katie
  • Feb 26 2008 12:40 AM

    hey! thanks for accepting the request or whatever it's appropriate to say in situations like this :)
    impressed by the list of your favourite bands as well...
    *thumbs up*
  • Feb 19 2008 4:43 PM

    Christopher...Honored to meet you!
  • Feb 14 2008 9:36 PM

    Engaged?
    Beard?
    Canada?
    we have much to catch up on.

    real people phone talk soon?
    Happy V Day & lotsa love!
    bd