Annick Smith (born 1936) is a writer and filmmaker whose work often focuses on the natural world. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The daughter of Hungarian émigrés, Smith was born in Paris and raised in Chicago, Illinois. In 1964, she moved to Montana, where she and her husband and sons eventually settled on a 163-acre ranch in the Blackfoot River valley. Her husband passed away from heart failure in 1974, but Smith remained on the land to raise her sons. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Blackfoot River, sometimes called the Big Blackfoot River to distinguish it from the Little Blackfoot River, runs through western Montana and through the town of Missoula. ...

Among her books are Homestead, Big Bluestem, and In This We Are Native. She also co-edited an anthology of Montana writing, The Last Best Place. Her travel writing and essays have appeared in journals such as Audubon, Outside, Islands, Travel + Leisure, and National Geographic Traveler.

Smith served as executive producer of the film Heartland and co-producer of A River Runs Through It, directed by Robert Redford. She was also a founding board member of Redford’s Sundance Institute. Heartland was a 1979 film, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. ... A River Runs Through It is a 1992 film directed by Robert Redford, based on a novella of the same name written by Norman MacLean. ... Robert Redford Robert Redford (born Charles Robert Redford, Jr. ... The Sundance Institute is a center started by actor Robert Redford in 1981. ...

Smith lives in Montana with her husband, the writer William Kittredge.