Daniel Wakefield Smith (born 1973) is an American photojournalist, writer, researcher, composer, theatre director and actor from New Haven, Connecticut.

[1][2] Smith, who has described himself as an "unembedded photojournalist", says he prefers to travel alone,[3][4] meeting local residents in sites of conflict or great poverty, photographing them and learning their stories.

[15] Smith has written orchestral works to accompany the words of such diverse authors as H. P. Lovecraft, Ernest Hemingway, Ray Bradbury, Wyllis Cooper, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, and Dr. Seuss.

For concert or theatrical performances, he has arranged works by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Bloch, Schumann, Verdi, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, César Franck, and several by Mozart, including the Symphony No.

[16][18][20][21][22] In one concert, he directed legendary actor Keir Dullea, star of 2001: A Space Odyssey, who read an eerie science-fiction short story by Ray Bradbury that was underscored by Smith's original score for strings, winds, and piano.

He directs, acts, and performs live sound-effects for the productions, as well as writing original musical scores, which he played on organ or piano, accompanied by small string and/or wind ensemble.