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.

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.
He directed and produced the documentaries Popatopolis and Skum Rocks! 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.

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
2008PopatopolisDocumentary
2011Lexington: DrowningVideo Short
2010-2011TV Series; 3 Episodes
2012NuttyShort
2012Birdseye VeggiesShort
2012Box of NailsShort
2013Mr. TwisterDocumentary Short
2013Skum Rocks!Documentary
2003-2014Storyline OnlineTV Series
2014Sylvania: InventionShort

Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilmResult
2000Temecula Valley International Film FestivalBest Student FilmThursday Afternoon
2001CINE CompetitionCine Golden Eagle - Student Division: DramaThursday Afternoon
2001CINE CompetitionCine Eagle - Amateur/Pre-ProfessionalThursday Afternoon
2001Tambay Film and Video FestivalStudent AwardThursday Afternoon
2001WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival - Gold AwardIndependent Student Film & Videos - Graduate Level Student ProductionsThursday Afternoon
2002Crested Butte International Film FestivalAudience AwardThursday Afternoon
2002Crested Butte International Film FestivalGold Poetic Justice AwardThursday Afternoon
2010CINE CompetitionCine Golden Eagle - Feature DocumentaryPopatopolis
2012Honolulu International FestivalAloha AccoladePopatopolis
2012Las Vegas International Film FestivalGolden Ace Award - Music VideosNutty