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Thomas Edward Smuts (born July 16, 1966) is an American screenwriter and producer.

Early Life and Education
Smuts was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) in 1984. Smuts's father, Edward Smuts, was a Pittsburgh urban planner. Smuts's mother, Marjorie Smuts, was a midday talk show host and advertiser of Alcoa products. Smuts earned his B.A. in Philosophy from University of Michigan in 1992. Smuts earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1996, where he developed the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society along with professors Jonathan Zittrain and Charlie Nesson.

Career
Upon graduating from law school, Smuts spent five years working for internet companies before moving to California in 2001. Over the next decade, Smuts wrote episodes for a variety of shows ranging from Law and Order to The Good Wife. In 2012, he became a writer for Mad Men. In 2015, Smuts received attention from multiple media outlets for arranging "Bike to the emmy's," an event in which he and other Hollywood figures including Aaron Eckhart and Alexander Cary, Master of Falkland rode bikes to the Emmy awards. LA Weekly described it:

"The press coverage has been overwhelmingly supportive: Smuts has been featured in stories in The Hollywood Reporter and the L.A. Times, and he did an interview on KPCC, all of which point to the ride as a solution to the traffic debacle of an unusual Monday-evening awards show. There's even a Twitter hashtag, dreamed up by the bicycle coalition: #bike2Emmys."

Personal Life
Smuts lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife, writer and producer Meredith Stiehm and their two children. Smuts is a recreational mountain biker, earning fifth place in the 45 to 49 age range, Category Two event at the 2012 Mountain Bike Nationals.