Most often refers to the American filmmaker Kevin Smith (b. 1970), director of Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma. The middle dot · separates given name from surname, the standard convention for foreign names in Chinese.
史密斯 is the canonical transliteration of 'Smith'. Note: in mainland sources Kevin is more often
凯文 (Kǎiwén);
科文 reflects an alternate or Taiwanese-style rendering.
