Clayton "Clay" Westervelt is a film director, producer, and
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...
based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder of Martini Crew Booking and Imaginaut Entertainment.
Career
Westervelt attended graduate school at
University of Southern California
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for film, where he received both the Bush and Kodak Awards for Excellence in Cinematography. Subsequently, he filmed pilots for
ABC
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* Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company
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,
A&E,
Animal Planet
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, and
HGTV
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. 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.
He directed and produced the documentaries ''
Popatopolis
''Popatopolis'' is a 2009 documentary film directed by Clay Westervelt about the making of Jim Wynorski's 2005 soft-core horror film, '' The Witches of Breastwick''.
The documentary features B-Movie and film personalities like Roger Corman, Andy ...
'' (2009) and ''
Skum Rocks!
''Skum Rocks!'' is a 2013 independent rockumentary film about Skum, a 1980s rock band with "a near-crippling lack of musical talent." The film is directed by Clay Westervelt, a veteran documentary filmmaker, and features the living members of S ...
'' (2013) and was cinematographer for
''Lucky Bastard'' in 2013.
Martini Crew Booking
Westervelt established Martini Crew Booking as a gear and service provider for television productions in 2000.
Martinicrew.com
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Imaginaut Entertainment, Inc.
In 2003, Westervelt founded Imaginaut Entertainment, Inc., through which he produced the SAG Foundation
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Foundation) is an American organization that provides assistance and educational programming to the professionals of SAG-AFTRA. It also provides children’s literacy programs to the publi ...
series, ''Storyline Online''.
Filmography
Director
Awards
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American cinematographers
Film directors from Los Angeles
American film producers
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni