Clay Tweel
Director
Clay is a director/producer/editor with a passion for telling poignant and complicated character based stories. His works include Finders Keepers, The Innocent Man, Heaven’s Gate: Cult of Cults, Out of Omaha and Gleason – the last of which was shortlisted for an Academy Award and named one of the 5 best documentaries of 2016 by the National Board of Review. His projects have been distributed by Showtime, Netflix, HBO MAX, STARZ and Amazon Studios while working closely with companies that include Open Road, Campfire Studios and A24. In mid 2024 Clay premiered The Bitter Pill, about a lawyer taking on Big Pharma in the opioid crisis which will be on PBS/POV in the fall of 2025. His latest film, Andy Kaufman Is Me, is set to premiere at the Tribeca film festival. Currently, he is directing 2 projects – one about Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and his incredible comeback story to play in the NFL and an undisclosed series for Netflix.
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