HELL’S KITCHEN
ARTHUR SMITH
Executive Producer
Arthur Smith is the Chairman of A. Smith & Co. Productions and is an industry veteran and a pioneer in nonfiction television, known for creating some of the longest-running unscripted series in history since founding A. Smith & Co. in 2000.
With 200+ shows for 50+ networks under Smith’s leadership, A. Smith & Co.’s credits include Gordon Ramsay’s HELL’S KITCHEN, which forged the modern food competition reality genre in the U.S. and is FOX’s longest-running reality show; seven-time Emmy Award nominee “American Ninja Warrior,” which recently aired its 14th season; Season Two of hit streaming reality series “Floor is Lava”; the multi-NAACP Award-nominated documentary special “Unsung”; “Welcome to Plathville”; “Profiled: The Black Man”; “American Gangster: Trap Queens”; Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “The Titan Games”; FOX’s MENTAL SAMURAI; Pharrell Williams’ “Voices of Fire”; “American Ninja Warrior Junior”; and “NFL’s Pro Bowl Skills Challenge.”
Smith also serves as Chairman of Tinopolis Group U.S., the leading TV production and distribution group, which acquired A. Smith & Co. in 2011. In this role, Smith also oversees the unscripted powerhouse Magical Elves, the Emmy Award-winning producer of uplifting unscripted series, such as “Top Chef” and its many spinoffs; “Nailed It!”; “Cold Justice”; “Brain Games On The Road”; and more.
Smith was honored as one of Variety’s “Titans of Unscripted TV” in 2022; inducted into the Realscreen Awards Hall of Fame in 2021; awarded Broadcasting & Cable’s Producer of the Year in 2020; nominated for several Emmy Awards; and received dozens of awards, including NAACP Awards, Realscreen Awards and Critics Choice Awards. Smith was the first-ever inductee to his alma mater’s “Ryerson Wall of Fame” and was the founding sponsor of the Ryerson in L.A. scholarship program, to create hands-on learning opportunities for Ryerson students.
Prior to A. Smith & Co., Smith served as EVP of Programming, Production and News at FOX Sports Net. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles with both MCA/Universal Television Group and Dick Clark Productions and was named the youngest-ever Head of CBC Sports.
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Bio
Arthur Smith is the Chairman of A. Smith & Co. Productions and is an industry veteran and a pioneer in nonfiction television, known for creating some of the longest-running unscripted series in history since founding A. Smith & Co. in 2000.
With 200+ shows for 50+ networks under Smith’s leadership, A. Smith & Co.’s credits include Gordon Ramsay’s HELL’S KITCHEN, which forged the modern food competition reality genre in the U.S. and is FOX’s longest-running reality show; seven-time Emmy Award nominee “American Ninja Warrior,” which recently aired its 14th season; Season Two of hit streaming reality series “Floor is Lava”; the multi-NAACP Award-nominated documentary special “Unsung”; “Welcome to Plathville”; “Profiled: The Black Man”; “American Gangster: Trap Queens”; Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “The Titan Games”; FOX’s MENTAL SAMURAI; Pharrell Williams’ “Voices of Fire”; “American Ninja Warrior Junior”; and “NFL’s Pro Bowl Skills Challenge.”
Smith also serves as Chairman of Tinopolis Group U.S., the leading TV production and distribution group, which acquired A. Smith & Co. in 2011. In this role, Smith also oversees the unscripted powerhouse Magical Elves, the Emmy Award-winning producer of uplifting unscripted series, such as “Top Chef” and its many spinoffs; “Nailed It!”; “Cold Justice”; “Brain Games On The Road”; and more.
Smith was honored as one of Variety’s “Titans of Unscripted TV” in 2022; inducted into the Realscreen Awards Hall of Fame in 2021; awarded Broadcasting & Cable’s Producer of the Year in 2020; nominated for several Emmy Awards; and received dozens of awards, including NAACP Awards, Realscreen Awards and Critics Choice Awards. Smith was the first-ever inductee to his alma mater’s “Ryerson Wall of Fame” and was the founding sponsor of the Ryerson in L.A. scholarship program, to create hands-on learning opportunities for Ryerson students.
Prior to A. Smith & Co., Smith served as EVP of Programming, Production and News at FOX Sports Net. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles with both MCA/Universal Television Group and Dick Clark Productions and was named the youngest-ever Head of CBC Sports.