He wrote, directed, co-produced, co-edited and acted in his first film. On almost no money. It was Clerks (1994), and it launched him.
Kevin Smith (Red Bank, New Jersey, 1970) is a filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic writer and podcaster. With Scott Mosier he founded View Askew, and most of his films (Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, the Clerks sequels) share one universe, the “View Askewniverse”, stitched together by Jay and Silent Bob (Silent Bob being Smith himself).
He has also written comics for Marvel and DC. But where he shines brightest is on stage with a microphone and nothing planned: An Evening with Kevin Smith.