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Before CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (2003), Smerling directed the video releases "Live at the Quick" (also exec. prod.) and "Train: Midnight Moon" (also writer) (both 2002) and "The Ataris Live at the Capitol Milling" (2003). He was executive producer for two April Lavigne videos: "April Lavigne: Under My Skin" (2004) and "April Lavigne: The Bonez Tour" (2005). Smerling is currently in production for ALL GOOD THINGS, a feature detective drama starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Frank Langella (scheduled for release in 2009).  Nominated for Documentary (Feature) 2003: CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS Producer (w. Andrew Jarecki) 1 nomination