Whitney Sudler-Smith

About

Whitney Sudler-Smith (born June 2, 1968) is an American filmmaker, television director, and a classically trained guitarist. He is the creator, executive producer, and main cast member of Bravo’s Southern Charm, a reality docu-series following the lives of socialites in Charleston, South Carolina. He was an executive producer on the Savannah and New Orleans spin-off shows.

Sudler-Smith was born June 2, 1968 in Washington, D.C., however he grew up in Virginia. His mother is Patricia Altschul (then Pat Dey-Smith), a socialite. He graduated from Georgetown Day School and George Washington University. He studied at Oxford University and the Alliance Française in Paris. His late father, Lon Hayes Smith, was a former head of Dun & Bradstreet and a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley. Sudler-Smith is cousins with businessman and actor Nick Loeb.

In 1996, Sudler-Smith directed two indie films Going for Baroque and Afternoon Delight. In 1998, he released an indie film Bubba and Ike, a “redneck buddy comedy” starring Jesse Borrego and Elisa Gabrielli, which was first screened at the Austin Film Festival. In 2002, Sudler-Smith wrote and directed Torture TV, a…