Clea (Clay-Uh)‍ ‍

is a writer, director and producer based in LA. Her work skews towards the absurd and surreal, often centering women grappling with obsession, transition, and heartbreak in disturbing and delightful ways. 

Clea is currently writing on a new Apple TV action-adventure drama, and also wrote on ABC’s Shifting Gears. She has worked as a showrunner’s assistant for Graham Yost (Silo, Justified) and Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans, The Patient). She also recently directed an episode of the indie series Switch starring Pauline Chalamet and Coral Peña, which premiered at the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival.

You can watch Clea’s full digital series Following Hannah Stone, a dramedy about a young woman stalking her high school bully via instagram here. It played the festival circuit in 2024 and won ‘Best Web Series’ at the Big Apple Film Festival.

Clea was a member of WIF’s Emerging Producer Program and has produced multiple films like the shorts Daddy’s Girl (Sundance, SXSW, Palm Springs ShortsFest), Class (Austin After Dark, Dances with Films), the upcoming horror feature The Threshing, and branded content for places like RedBull, Nuri Sardines and Betches.