Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith

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BiographyArthur Smith (born November 25, 1960) is a Canadian-born American television producer who is the chairman of A. Smith & Co. and of Tinopolis America. Best known for the reality competition shows American Ninja Warrior and Hell's Kitchen, he was inducted into the Realscreen Hall of Fame in 2021, and was named Producer of the Year 2020 by Broadcasting & Cable. He previously worked for CBC Sports, Dick Clark Productions, MCA Television Group, and Fox Sports Net. He has won multiple NAACP awards for his series Unsung, Rose D'Or Awards for I Survived A Japanese Game Show, a Critics' Choice Real TV Award, a Realscreen Award and multiple Reality Television Awards. In addition, his shows have been nominated for Daytime Emmys, Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards, Producers' Guild Awards and People's Choice Awards. Smith is also the author of REACH: Hard Lessons and Learned Truths from a Lifetime in Television, his memoir that was released in 2023, which Forbes called an “immediate must-read.”

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American Ninja Warrior
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as Executive Producer
Hell's Kitchen
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as Executive Producer
Kitchen Nightmares
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as Executive Producer
Unsung
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as Executive Producer
WWE: Next Gen
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as Executive Producer
American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja
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American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja

as Executive Producer
Mental Samurai
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Mental Samurai

as Creator
Paradise Hotel
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Paradise Hotel

as Executive Producer
Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge
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Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge

as Executive Producer
The Titan Games
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The Titan Games

as Executive Producer
Unsung Hollywood
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Unsung Hollywood

as Executive Producer

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