Whitney Sudler-Smith

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.

Early life 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. and a senior vice president at Morgan Stanley. Sudler-Smith is cousins with businessman and actor Nick Loeb.

Career 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 television pilot starring Danny Huston and Trevor Goddard. The film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, was met with negative reviews and has a rating of 33% on review aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes.

Sudler-Smith is the creator and executive producer of Southern Charm, a reality show on Bravo which chronicles the social life of Charleston, South Carolina. He was the executive producer of two spin-off series, Southern Charm Savannah and Southern Charm New Orleans. The series, titled Mrs. America, premiered its first two episodes at the Tribeca Festival in 2025.

Sudler-Smith is in pre-production on the scripted comedy series Family Office. Sudler-Smith is set to write and direct the comedic thriller film New Rose, which will film in spring 2026. He has also teased a new digital series starring Southern Charm cast member Shep Rose. He splits his time between a home in Los Angeles, California, and the Isaac Jenkins Mikell House in Charleston, South Carolina, where he lives with his mother. He previously lived in New York.

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