Anna Smith is one of the UK’s best known-film critics and a seasoned broadcaster and moderator. The former President of the UK Critics’ Circle, she is the host and co-founder of Girls On Film, the world’s leading podcast about women in film. Girls On Film has welcomed 25 Oscar-winners onto the podcast, been nominated for eight awards and launched its own annual ceremony, the Girls On Film Awards.
As a writer, Anna is a regular contributor to titles including Time Out, The Guardian and Rolling Stone UK. Having presented many episodes of the BBC News Channel Film Review, she appears as a film expert across BBC TV and Radio as well as Sky News, Times Radio and more. She has been a judge at the BAFTA Film Awards, BIFAs and The Sky Arts Awards and hosted hundreds of on-stage Q&As and film premieres with names including Kate Winslet, Angela Bassett, Ryan Gosling, Emma Thompson, Hugh Jackman and Louis Theroux. Warm, professional and entertaining, Anna Smith has become one of the most in-demand film Q&A hosts and is also available for corporate hosting and awards ceremonies.
Insta: @annasmithfilmcritic
