The Cotswolds is the largest of 46 AONBs in the UK, and received its designated back in 1966.
The Cotswolds National Landscape stretches from Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the north, to Wiltshire and Bath in the south.
Land with AONB status is protected by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, and helps to conserve and enhance its natural beauty.
Six decades on, Ms Smart is hoping to capture the changing face of the Cotswolds in her documentary, during what described as “a really pivotal time”.
“I think the main mission was to dispel the myth of what the Cotswolds is,” she said.
“It’s not just a tourist place with honeycomb houses; this place is a thriving landscape with so much happening in it.”
