Clay Westervelt

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Clay Westervelt
Born
Clayton James Westervelt

Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation(s)Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Years active1997–present
SpouseSunny Rashidi

Clayton "Clay" Westervelt is a film director, producer, and cinematographer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of Martini Crew Booking and Imaginaut Entertainment.

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Career

Westervelt attended graduate school at University of Southern California for film, where he received both the Bush and Kodak Awards for Excellence in Cinematography. Subsequently, he filmed pilots for ABC, A&E, Animal Planet, and HGTV. He also produced and directed the award-winning series Storyline Online, featuring such talents as Elijah Wood, Betty White, James Earl Jones, and Al Gore.

In 2009, Westervelt was the Director of Photography for the documentary film The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club , which won an LA-area Emmy award in the Arts & Culture / History category. [1]

He directed and produced the documentaries Popatopolis (2009) [2] and Skum Rocks! (2013) and was cinematographer for Lucky Bastard in 2013. [3] [4]

Martini Crew Booking

Westervelt established Martini Crew Booking as a gear and service provider for television productions in 2000. [5]

Imaginaut Entertainment, Inc.

In 2003, Westervelt founded Imaginaut Entertainment, Inc., through which he produced the SAG Foundation series, Storyline Online.

Filmography

Director

YearTitleNotes
1997SAG Foundation ConversationsTV series
1998Thursday AfternoonShort
2004Storyline Online 3TV series
2007BlindedShort
2008Pushing The EnvelopeShort
2008 Popatopolis Documentary
2011Lexington: DrowningVideo Short
2010-2011 Mario Lopez: Saved By the Baby TV series; 3 episodes
2012NuttyShort
2012Birdseye VeggiesShort
2012Box of NailsShort
2013Mr. TwisterDocumentary Short
2013 Skum Rocks! Documentary
2003-2014Storyline OnlineTV series (19 episodes)
2014Sylvania: InventionShort

Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2000 Temecula Valley International Film Festival Best Student FilmThursday Afternoon [6] Won
2001 CINE Competition Cine Golden Eagle - Student Division: DramaWon
Cine Eagle - Amateur/Pre-ProfessionalWon
Tambay Film and Video FestivalStudent AwardWon
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival - Gold AwardIndependent Student Film & Videos - Graduate Level Student ProductionsWon
2002Crested Butte International Film FestivalAudience AwardWon
Gold Poetic Justice AwardWon
2010 CINE Competition Cine Golden Eagle - Feature Documentary Popatopolis Won
2012Honolulu International FestivalAloha AccoladeWon
Las Vegas International Film FestivalGolden Ace Award - Music VideosNuttyWon

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References

  1. "Legendofpanchobarnes.com". Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  2. Armstrong, Eric (July 13, 2010). "Popatopolis (2009)". Moving Arts Film Journal. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  3. "How They Did It: When Genres Collide". Movie Maker Magazine. MovieMaker. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
  5. Martinicrew.com
  6. "Thursday Afternoon Awards". IMDb.

Clay Westervelt at IMDb