Clay Westervelt

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.

Clay Westervelt
Born
Clayton James Westervelt

United States
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
OccupationDirector, Producer, Cinematographer
Years active1997–present
Spouse(s)Sunny Rashidi

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
Year Title Notes
1997 SAG Foundation Conversations TV Series
1998 Thursday Afternoon Short
2004 Storyline Online 3 TV Series
2007 Blinded Short
2008 Pushing The Envelope Short
2008 Popatopolis Documentary
2011 Lexington: Drowning Video Short
2010-2011 Mario Lopez: Saved By the Baby TV Series; 3 Episodes
2012 Nutty Short
2012 Birdseye Veggies Short
2012 Box of Nails Short
2013 Mr. Twister Documentary Short
2013 Skum Rocks! Documentary
2003-2014 Storyline Online TV Series (19 episodes)
2014 Sylvania: Invention Short

Awards
Year Award Category Film Result
2000 Temecula Valley International Film Festival Best Student Film Thursday Afternoon[6] Won
2001 CINE Competition Cine Golden Eagle - Student Division: Drama Won
Cine Eagle - Amateur/Pre-Professional Won
Tambay Film and Video Festival Student Award Won
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival - Gold Award Independent Student Film & Videos - Graduate Level Student Productions Won
2002 Crested Butte International Film Festival Audience Award Won
Gold Poetic Justice Award Won
2010 CINE Competition Cine Golden Eagle - Feature Documentary Popatopolis Won
2012 Honolulu International Festival Aloha Accolade Won
Las Vegas International Film Festival Golden Ace Award - Music Videos Nutty Won

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

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