About Us
About Us
Smoke & Apple Films is an award winning documentary production company and home to the collaborative work of Katie Green & Carlye Rubin.
Named after our respective home cities - London and New York, we share a passion for ethical storytelling that provokes thought as well as a keen appreciation for the weird, wonderful and humorous. Smoke & Apple was founded to make films that bring forth unique personal stories as well as wider social and political issues - told through a lens of nuanced narratives.
We work with a broad international network of dynamic and creative professionals who share our vision to produce content that is powerful, engaging, intimate & beautiful.
KATIE GREEN - DIRECTOR
Katie is a Director/ Producer/ Cinematographer from London. She began working in docs in 2007 as one half of the writing team behind In Prison My Whole Life (Sundance Film Festival, 2008) After co-producing a handful of social justice focused films in the U.K she moved stateside to co-direct her first feature doc The (Dead Mothers) Club with Carlye which was picked up by HBO and cofound Smoke and Apple Films.
Katie@SmokeAndApple.com
CARLYE RUBIN - DIRECTOR
Carlye is a Director/Producer/writer passionate about telling stories that break taboos, hightlight injustic or give insight into a unique individual.
After working in various capacities on documentaries including Capitalism: A Love Story and The Swell Season, she co-founded Smoke & Apple Films with Katie to make her directorial debut with The (Dead Mothers) Club (HBO, 2014). In addition to S&A films, Carlye enjoys collaborating with other filmmakers as a story producer and researcher.
Carlye@SmokeAndApple.com
TINA GRAPENTHIN - EDITOR
Tina is an Editor who began her career as an assistant editor on numerous award winning documentaries, including If A Tree Falls (Oscar nomination for Best Feature Doc 2012, winner of the Editing Award 2011 Sundance Film Festival; PBS), Racing Dreams (winner Tribeca Film Festival, PBS), and Good Fortune (News & Documentary Emmy 2011, winner Silverdocs 2010, PBS).
Since then she edited and produced HBO Documentary The (Dead Mothers) Club, The Family I Had (Discovery I.D.) and co-edited The Supreme Price (2014, AFI Docs, Full Frame).
Team@SmokeAndApple.com
MARIE MESLIN - PRODUCER
Marie is a Producer who focuses on projects that center Women’s Rights and Social Justice. Marie started in the arts and human rights before carving out a career in creative innovation.
She then went on to leading non-profits and creating communities focused on social impact, with a particular focus on Capital Access, Women’s Rights and The New Majority.
Marie is originally from France but grew up in the UK and lived in the Middle East before moving to the US in 2003 and finally becoming a #NewAmerican in 2019.
Marie@SmokeAndApple.com