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Instructions · What links here · Bradley Grant Smith (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 17 hours ago by Launchsuit (talk: D · +) · Last edited 3 seconds ago by Citation bot

Bradley Grant Smith is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and filmmaker.^[1] Recording and performing under the name Sad Brad Smith, his music gained initial notoriety in 2009 with the prominent placement of the song, "Help Yourself," in the Oscar-nominated film Up in the Air, starring George Clooney.^[2]^[3] He wrote, directed, and scored the film Our Father (2021), which was nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.^[4] A frequent collaborator of Chicago filmmakers Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan, he most recently appeared on screen for them in their 2024 film Ghostlight, for which he also composed the children's song, "That's Enough."^[5]

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^ Petlicki, Myrna (September 2, 2020). "Pandemic gives Sad Brad Smith a chance to finish some shelved projects". Chicago Tribune.
^ Freed, Nick (January 25, 2011). "Listen: Sad Brad Smith". Consequence of Sound.
^ Pirnia, Garin (January 25, 2010). "Sad Brad Smith: From Starving Musician to the "Up in the Air" Soundtrack". The Wall Street Journal.
^ Hailu, Selome (March 26, 2021). "SXSW Interview: Bradley Grant Smith's "Male Gaze Gazes on the Male Gaze" in Our Father". The Austin Chronicle.
^ ""Ghostlight" Finds Healing in Unexpected Places". Sundance Institute. June 6, 2024.

[1] Petlicki, Myrna (September 2, 2020). "Pandemic gives Sad Brad Smith a chance to finish some shelved projects". Chicago Tribune.

[2] Freed, Nick (January 25, 2011). "Listen: Sad Brad Smith". Consequence of Sound.

[3] Pirnia, Garin (January 25, 2010). "Sad Brad Smith: From Starving Musician to the "Up in the Air" Soundtrack". The Wall Street Journal.

[4] Hailu, Selome (March 26, 2021). "SXSW Interview: Bradley Grant Smith's "Male Gaze Gazes on the Male Gaze" in Our Father". The Austin Chronicle.

[5] ""Ghostlight" Finds Healing in Unexpected Places". Sundance Institute. June 6, 2024.

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