In 2002, Tracy D. Smith received an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and subsequently joined Brightlight Pictures' Development Department until 2006. She also served on the board of WIFTV for over three years during that time. Her first short film "Sandra Gets Dumped" (2005 Crazy8s) won Leo Awards for Best Screenwriting and Best Female Performance. Her feature film debut, "Taming Tammy", premiered at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival and was one of five films to be nominated for the CityTV Western Canada Feature Film Award.

Some of her other films include "Unbearable Love" (Montreal World Film Festival 07); "The Brute" (VIFF 08), "No Means No" (Grand Prize Winner Bloodshots 08) and "Curse of the Jade Falcon" (Winner of VAFF's Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon 08). Her most recent short project was funded by the BC Council for the Arts, a Gothic Western entitled "The Homestead". She is currently in development on her next feature film which will go to camera this year.