Michael Shmith (born 7 July 1949) is an Australian journalist and writer.
He was born on 7 July[1] 1949,[2] the son of Athol Shmith and his wife Patricia "Bambi" née Tuckwell (they later divorced).
He worked at The Age in Melbourne from 1981 until 1995, when he became communications director for the Australian Ballet.
[3] Shmith was then a senior writer for The Age[4] and its arts editor from 1985 to 1993.
He resigned from the position in August 2017 alleging it was over a disagreement with The Age's arts editor who had no space left to publish an unsolicited review.