After a stint as station courier and film department assistant, he moved to the studio where he began to learn the skills that he later used to develop his own productions.
In the mid-70s, he relocated to Virginia where he worked at CBN's headquarters' station, running camera for the network's flagship program The 700 Club.
The majority of the story takes place in rural Georgia during 1947 and centers on a family's mailbox, which the mother paints a bright yellow.
'"[2]) concluded a deal with Smith to co-produce The Engagement Ring, a feature-length movie that he wrote and was slated to direct.
[3] A romantic comedy, the story takes place on the campus of fictional Mountainview College in north Georgia.