Hudson Smith

Biography

Hudson Smith, born 2010 in New Zealand, is an emerging filmmaker from Cairns, Australia. For his mind-bending short film The Insomniac, he managed the entire production alone, serving as the writer, director, editor, cinematographer, and sole actor. The film won Best Year 9–10 Narrative at the 2025 Understory High Film Festival. It also earned the audience-voted Reel Futures ShoutOut Award before screening at the prestigious Port Shorts Film Festival. For his new film Sandy, based on the murder…