Arthur Smith, the chair­man of A. Smith & Co. Pro­duc­tions, is a pio­neer­ing vet­er­an of non­fic­tion tele­vi­sion, known for cre­at­ing and pro­duc­ing some of the longest-run­ning unscript­ed series in his­to­ry, includ­ing Hell’s Kitchen and Amer­i­can Nin­ja War­rior. Smith was hon­ored as one of Variety’s ​“Titans of Unscript­ed TV” in 2022, was induct­ed into the Real screen Awards Hall of Fame in 2021, award­ed Broad­cast­ing & Cable’s ​“Pro­duc­er of the Year” in 2020, has been nom­i­nat­ed for sev­er­al Emmy Awards, and has received dozens of indus­try hon­ors and awards. Smith embarked on his career in tele­vi­sion as a 22-year-old wun­derkind, talk­ing his way into sports pro­duc­tion at CBC. He quick­ly dis­tin­guished him­self as a ris­ing star at the net­work, where he pro­duced three Olympic Games among count­less oth­er high-pro­file events. At the age of 28, Smith was named the youngest-ever head of CBC Sports. His run at the net­work end­ed when Dick Clark lured him to Hol­ly­wood to devel­op and pro­duce a wide vari­ety of enter­tain­ment pro­gram­ming. Then as the head of pro­gram­ming and pro­duc­tion at FOX Sports Net, Smith played an instru­men­tal role in the launch and growth of this mas­sive enti­ty, before the biggest reach of his life — the cre­ation of his epony­mous pro­duc­tion com­pa­ny that has since thrived for more than twen­ty years and counting.