Alena Smith is an American screenwriter, producer, and author best known for creating the Apple TV+ series Dickinson. In addition to creating the show, she also executive produces and has written numerous episodes.
Career Smith got her first professional writing gig for the television series My America, before eventually becoming a staff writer for The Newsroom. In 2019, she created, produced, and wrote the Apple TV+ series Dickinson, with a second season premiering in January 2021 and a third in November 2021.
Smith is a graduate of Haverford College and the Yale School of Drama.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleWriterProducerNotes2013Writing DateShort film; also actress as Veronica2014My America2018The Bad Guys
Television +YearTitleWriterProducerNotes2012My AmericaEpisode: "Miss America"2014The Newsroom6 episodes2015–2017The Affair12 episodes2019–2021Dickinson30 episodes, directed "This was a Poet -"
Bibliography
Tween Hobo (2016)
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