PAUL MARTIN SMITH, G.B.F.E. was the editor on Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Smith grew up in the United States, Canada and Europe. He worked in summer stock theater in Nantucket, Massachusetts before studying photography at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. He broke into the film business as an assistant cameraman on documentary films for the USIA. In 1971, he produced the documentary The Animals are Crying, which won several awards.
Since 1973, Smith has worked in London, America and Europe editing over 70 hours of drama, comedy, documentaries, commercials, corporate programs and music videos. Among his numerous credits are the feature films Born American and The Matchmaker, the television movies "The Canterville Ghost" and "Unforgivable," the series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles," "Earth 2" and the documentaries "Gunfight U.S.A." and "Cold Spring New Dawn."
