What is Kevin Smith?
{{update|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Kevin Patrick Smith | image = Kevin Smith by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg | caption = Kevin Smith in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|08|2}} | birth_place = [[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]], [[New Jersey]] [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Screenwriter]]<br />[[movie director]]<br />[[movie producer]]<br />[[Actor]]<br />[[Comic book|Comic book writer]] | salary = | networth = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith]]|1999}} | children = [[Harley Quinn Smith]] | website = http://www.viewaskew.com/ | footnotes = }} '''Kevin Patrick Smith ''' (born August 2, 1970)<ref>[https://archive.today/20130629113034/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Kevin_Smith/1114951 hollywood.com]</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[screenwriter]], [[movie director]] and the [[:wikt:found|founder]] of [[View Askew Productions]]. He is also known as a [[comic book]] [[writer]] and [[actor]]. Smith's [[movies]] often take place in his home state of [[New Jersey]]. The movies are filled with [[pop culture]] references. Many of the references are about comic books and the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies. They often take place in the [[View Askewniverse]]. ==Early life== Smith was born in [[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]], [[New Jersey]] to Grace and Donald Smith. He has an older sister, Virginia, and an older brother, Donald Jr. Smith was raised in the [[Catholic]] religion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/interviews/kevinsmith.html|title=www.christianitytoday.com/movies/interviews/kevinsmith.html|accessdate=2007-03-28}}</ref> He went to [[Henry Hudson Regional High School]] in Highlands, [[The New School]] for [[Social]] [[Research]] [[New York City|New York]] and the [[Vancouver movie School]]. Smith studied making movies but dropped out halfway through his studies. ==Personal life== Smith is married to [[Jennifer Schwalbach Smith]]. They have a daughter, [[Harley Quinn Smith]], born in 1999. He named his daugh