Kent Weed, President of A. Smith & Co. Productions, was born into a well-established entertainment family. His father, Gene, was a famous disc jockey and successful producer and director for Dick Clark Productions. Kent obtained his early entertainment experience working on music song films now known as music videos. In his early twenties, Weed turned his career interests towards television and headed a cable production company where he produced over 300 hours of programming a year. By his mid-twenties, Weed established himself as a premiere variety-format television director. His directing accomplishments included the high rated The Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving Special, The World Music Awards, Farm Aid for ABC; All That Jazz, Lance Burton, Houdini's Secrets and The World's Greatest Magic for NBC.

In the 1990's, Weed took on the producing responsibilities for many of the television shows he directed. These shows include The World Music Awards and Champions of Magic for ABC; Made in the USA (pilot) for NBC and Gamepro, which was produced for syndication. Although he did continue working on variety television shows such as Penn & Teller for FX, and the four-hour live music special Paris By Night, Weed added to his repertoire by directing comedy programs, such as the syndicated sketch comedy show The Newz, and Nickelodeon's Roundhouse; and reality projects, ranging from clip shows to dramatic recreations, such as Museum of TV & Radio for Fox; Comedy Classics for CBS; and What Happened? and Made in the USA for NBC.

In November of 2000, Weed joined forces with longtime friend Arthur Smith to form A. Smith & Co. Productions. As President of the company, Weed serves as Executive Producer on all A. Smith & Co. Productions shows. Some of the highlights include "Come Home Alive": a documentary series for The History Channel, "Paradise Hotel": the primetime Summer hit for Fox, "Mad Mad House": Sci Fi's reality series, "I'm Still Alive": a series for UPN, Fox's ultimate makeover series: Seasons one and two of "The Swan", "The Championship Gaming Invitational" for DirecTV, "Holy B@#%*": a series for the newly branded Versus Network and a third season of Fox’s hit show "Hells Kitchen". In addition Kent also takes on the Directing duties of many of the shows.

Weed’s experiences working on countless award shows, telethons, and live concerts and years of experience have made him knowledgeable in virtually all areas of production. This has proved very beneficial to Weed as a Director and a Producer, giving him the ability of being aware of the big picture as well as remaining focused on what is right in front of him. He is an excellent communicator, very creative and most importantly is well liked and respected by his peers.