Clay honed his writing talents at Indiana University and upon graduating moved to Los Angeles, where he made the decision to leave a prominent role at a Medical Technology company to focus full time on his passion of writing. Growing up without a father, gay an athlete in Indiana helped to forge a sharp-edged perspective that challenges the boundaries of societal norms. He applies this in his depictions of family and the complicated dynamics that effects all parts of our life, including how we love and find our identity. His own life experiences of having to internalize and push down the anger and fear of homophobia that surrounded him and his own transformation is what connects him deeply to his stories.
The Place Between Our Lives Budget: $1M - $5M | Romance ⋄ Drama Two hurt souls are pulled together through space and time to meet and fall in love, but just their love grows they are suddenly ripped apart. When they miraculously cross paths again only one remembers the experience, which challenges their connection and the boundaries of love.
THE SHADOW FALLS Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror A sweet-natured architect moves his husband and daughter into an old mansion to remodel and something unleashes his repressed anger and pain, which manifests into a monstrous darkness that stalks his family, forcing him to confront the trauma of his past before it consumes him and destroys them all.
The Shadow Project Budget: $0 - $100K | Thriller A scientist with a background in the special forces steals a dangerous technology that he invented with his scientist wife after he finds her murdered. The "Agency" sends their best people after him, which leads him to use the very technology he swore to destroy.
Chicago Script Awards: Best Horror Screenplay-The Shadow Falls
(2022)
Hollywood Script Awards-Best Feature Screenplay-The Shadow Falls
(2022)
LGBTQ+ Unbordered International Film Festival-Bronze Medal-The Shadow Falls
(2022)
New York Script Awards-Top Selection-The Shadow Falls
(2022)
Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Awards-Honorable Mention-The Shadow Falls
(2022)
Wiki Screenplay Competition-Honorable Mention-The Shadow Falls
(2022)
Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Awards-Quarter Finalist-The Place Between Our Lives
(2022)