
Person
Cauleen Smith
Directing · Born 1967-09-25 · Riverside, California, USA
Biography
Cauleen Smith (born September 25, 1967) is an American born filmmaker and multimedia artist. She is best known for her experimental works that address the African-American identity, specifically the issues facing black women today. Smith is best known for her feature film Drylongso (1998). Smith currently teaches in the School of Art at the California Institute of the Arts.
Known for

Drylongso
Director

Night Sky
Judge

Women in Film
Woman Prisoner

Songs for Earth & Folk
Director
White Suit
Director

The Changing Same
Director

Triangle Trade
Director

Pilgrim
Director

Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA
Herself

Suffolk
Director
Filmography
- 2025The Volcano ManifestoDirector
- 2024The Deep West AssemblyDirector
- 2022My CalderaDirector
- 2021SuffolkDirector
- 2020Cinetracts '20Director
- 2019Egungun (Ancestor Can't Find Me)Director
- 2019SojournerDirector
- 2019PilgrimDirector
- 2017Three Songs about LiberationProducer
- 2017Sine at the Canyon Sine at the Sea (by Kelly Gabron)Director
- 2017Triangle TradeDirector
- 2016Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLAHerself
- 2016Lessons in SemaphoreDirector
- 2015Crow RequiemDirector
- 2015H-E-L-L-ODirector
- 2013Songs for Earth & FolkDirector
- 2012The Way Out Is The Way TwoDirector
- 2011Night SkyJudge
- 2011Remote ViewingDirector
- 2011The GridDirector
- 2011Solar Flare Arkestral Marching BandDirector
- 2008EntitledDirector
- 2008The Fullness of TimeDirector
- 2006I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRTDirector
- 2005The Green DressDirector
- 2003Sisters in CinemaSelf
- 2001The Changing SameDirector
- 2001Women in FilmWoman Prisoner
- 1999DrylongsoDirector
- 1998White SuitDirector
- 1992Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron)Director
- 1990Daily RainsDirector
- —The Right Time, Before and AfterDirector
- —T Minus TwoDirector
- —Mines to CavesDirector
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