Clayton Townsend
Clayton Townsend | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 February 1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer, Television producer, Production manager |
| Years active | 1979 – present[1] |
| Notable work | |
Clayton Townsend (born 9 February 1961) is an American film producer, television producer and production manager. Between 1988 and 1999 he collaborated intensively with director Oliver Stone as (co-)producer and associate producer. Notable movies from that period are Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Any Given Sunday (1999). Other notable producer achievements are Abel Ferrara's The Blackout (1997) and Where's Marlowe? (1998), directed by Daniel Pyne. He also served as an executive producer on the MGM comedy Heartbreakers (2001), directed by David Mirkin, and on Bad Company (2002), from director Joel Schumacher. In addition to feature films, Clayton has produced several television pilots for Paramount Television, including the 2003 telefilm Homeland Security.[1]
In 1990, Townsend won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for the film Born on the Fourth of July. He shared this award with Oliver Stone. In 2012 Clayton was nominated for the Producers Guild of America Award as Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for Bridesmaids.[2] Since 1992 he is president of Itinerant Film Corporation, a private production company based in Los Angeles.[3]
Selected filmography
All films, he was producer unless otherwise noted.
Film
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Associate producer |
| 1991 | The Doors | Associate producer |
| JFK | Co-producer | |
| 1993 | Heaven & Earth | Co-producer |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | |
| 1995 | Nixon | |
| 1997 | The Blackout | |
| U Turn | ||
| The People | ||
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? | |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday | |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | Executive producer |
| 2002 | Bad Company | Executive producer |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | Executive producer |
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin | ||
| 2006 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Executive producer |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | ||
| 2009 | Year One | |
| Funny People | ||
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | |
| 2012 | People Like Us | |
| This Is 40 | ||
| 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 | |
| 2014 | Unbroken | |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | |
| 2018 | Bird Box | |
| Holmes & Watson | ||
| 2021 | F9 |
- Production manager
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Money Pit | Assistant unit production manager |
| 1987 | Three Men and a Baby | Unit production manager: New York |
| 1988 | Homeboy | Unit production manager |
| Talk Radio | Production manager | |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Production manager |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Production manager |
| 1991 | JFK | Production manager |
| 1993 | Heaven & Earth | Production manager |
| 1997 | The Blackout | Unit production manager |
| U Turn | Unit production manager | |
| 1998 | Where's Marlowe? | Unit production manager |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | Production manager |
| 2005 | The Skeleton Key | Unit production manager |
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Unit production manager | |
| 2006 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | Unit production manager |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Unit production manager |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Unit production manager | |
| 2009 | Year One | Unit production manager |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | Production manager |
| 2012 | People Like Us | Production manager |
| 2018 | Bird Box | Unit production manager |
- Location management
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Jazz Singer | Location assistant |
| 1981 | The Loveless | Location manager |
| 1982 | The World According to Garp | Location assistant |
| 1983 | The Hunger | Location assistant |
| 1984 | Beat Street | Location manager |
| Too Scared to Scream | Location manager | |
| 1985 | A Chorus Line | Location manager |
| 1986 | 9½ Weeks | Location manager |
| Legal Eagles | Location manager: New York | |
| 1987 | Angel Heart | Location manager: New Orleans |
- Miscellaneous crew
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | One-Trick Pony | Production assistant |
| 1981 | Nighthawks | Production assistant |
| Blow Out | Special production assistant |
- As an actor
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Nixon | Floor Manager #1 |
- Second unit director or assistant director
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Insignificance | Second second assistant director |
- Thanks
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Phone Booth | The producers wish to thank: For their assistance |
| 2007 | Finishing the Game | Special thanks |
| 2017 | The General Man | Special thanks |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ice | Television pilot |
| 2004 | Homeland Security | Television pilot |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | |
| 2014 | Scorpion |
- Production manager
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Crime Story | Production manager |
| 2004 | Homeland Security | Television pilot Unit production manager |
| 2014 | Scorpion | Unit production manager |
- Location management
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Chiefs | Location manager |
References
- ^ a b "Biography Clayton Townsend". madeinatlantis.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Clayton Townsend, Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "Clayton Townsend on LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.