Cauleen Smith

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.

Directed

1. H-E-L-L-O (2015) — Director
2. Drylongso (1999) — Director
3. The Changing Same (2001) — Director
4. Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron) (1992) — Director
5. Daily Rains (1990) — Director
6. Crow Requiem (2015) — Director
7. Cinetracts '20 (2020) — Director
8. The Volcano Manifesto (2025) — Director
9. Entitled (2008) — Director
10. Egungun (Ancestor Can't Find Me) (2019) — Director
11. The Right Time, Before and After — Director
12. White Suit (1998) — Director
13. The Way Out Is The Way Two (2012) — Director
14. Sine at the Canyon Sine at the Sea (by Kelly Gabron) (2017) — Director
15. My Caldera (2022) — Director
16. T Minus Two — Director
17. Remote Viewing (2011) — Director
18. Suffolk (2021) — Director
19. The Deep West Assembly (2024) — Director
20. Pilgrim (2019) — Director
21. Three Songs about Liberation (2017) — Director
22. Triangle Trade (2017) — Director
23. Songs for Earth & Folk (2013) — Director
24. Lessons in Semaphore (2016) — Director
25. Sojourner (2019) — Director
26. The Fullness of Time (2008) — Director
27. The Green Dress (2005) — Director
28. I WANT TO SEE MY SKIRT (2006) — Director
29. The Grid (2011) — Director
30. Solar Flare Arkestral Marching Band (2011) — Director
31. Mines to Caves — Director

Also appeared in

1. Women in Film (2001) — Woman Prisoner
2. Sisters in Cinema (2003) — Self
3. Night Sky (2011) — Judge
4. Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema at UCLA (2016) — Herself