Mike Smith

Beard Boy Productions is a creative production agency, producing advertising and branding content for our corporate, nonprofit and individual clients.

Beard Boy is the first Orange County entity to combine agency-level creativity with commercial production expertise to form “a production agency” — combining the best of an ad agency with the best of a video production company (and the worst of neither).

I formed Beard Boy Productions in 1994, and in that time, I’ve written and produced over a thousand TV, radio and video projects. Our clients include: Miller Beer, John Deere, Blue Cross and Blue Shields nationwide, Bank of America, Olympus Cameras, Lexus, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, National Association of Realtors, Taco Bell, Microsoft, Sharp Solar, Medtronic, Custom Building Products, American Cancer Society, Dunlop Tire, Butterball Turkey, Yamaha, Carl’s Jr., Disneyland and many more. My work has garnered Clio, Effie, Andy, Belding, Telly, Maxi and New York Art Directors Awards.

I’m also an author, having written feature stories for National Lampoon, National Geographic Kids, the Los Angeles Times, and many more. My latest book, “100 of the Worst Ideas in History,” published by Chicago’s Sourcebooks, is available now at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

Outside of work, my wife and I run the charity, Autism Resource Mom, which offers support, guidance and hope to individuals with autism and their families.