Clay Dumaw is an American film director, screenwriter, editor and author, best known for independent films. He directed ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2014) and ''Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell'' (2021). He also wrote ''Stay the Course: How I Began a Career in Film'', a memoir about his early life and career.

Early life

Clay was born in

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. He studied Visual Communications at the Charles H. Bohlen Technical Center.

Career

Clay began his career as an editor and visual effects artist, creating title sequences for independent productions. He wrote and directed two feature films, ''

'' (2012) and ''Hold'em'' (2014), which earned official selections at the Snowtown International Film Festival and the

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. He later worked on national ads for

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and

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. His third film, ''Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell'' (2021), was shot entirely on a green screen in

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, with computer generated environments added in

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. Post-production on ''Jack Wyatt and the Gun from Hell'' spanned nearly two years. It earned multiple awards at film festivals worldwide.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Books

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumaw, Clay 21st-century American memoirists 21st-century American screenwriters Film directors from New York (state) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Carthage, New York