About Andrea Clinton

 

Writer

Andrea Clinton has been writing for over 30 years. She’s Screenplay writer, a Playwright member of the Dramatist Guild, and Author, winning awards, entering film festivals and receiving theatrical commissions.

Director

With an undergraduate degree in Film and MA in theatre, Andrea directs film and theatre, using her diverse background and creative skills and experience to entertain and contribute to the art of filmmaking. With experience in film production and over 20 years of experience in film theory and studies, Andrea has directed several short films, a pilot series, a series and a documentary, with several projects in development. 

Producer

Loving the Entertainment industry, Andrea has produced several short Films, a digital series, a series made for TV and over a dozen Theatre productions with several projects in the works. She also instructs a producing workshop and webinar for film, TV & theatre.

“Life isn’t out to get you personally, it just doesn’t know boundaries.”

Andrea Clinton is a Writer/Director/Producer of both Film, TV & Theatre. She’s the niece of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s George Clinton of the funk band Parliament/Funkadelic and she writes with the same creative knack…

In 2020, Andrea has been accepted into more film and theatre festivals for her work. She is the recipient of a residency at Rutgers University, Express Newark where she will continue using facilities to work on development H.I.T.S. film & Documentary on human trafficking, panel discussions and interviews on issues that affect everyday people. Andrea also concludes the first season of Cassidy series, a dramedy that explores the devil that is menopause and the affects on women and their family via real life-like comedy and drama.

Today, Andrea is pitching several scripted and non-scripted projects to TV networks, streamers and others platforms.  H.I.T.S (Heroes in These Streets), her scripted series and a docu-series of the like, sheds light on human trafficking in the Urban Community.  Andrea began producing and filming the series in 2017.

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CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Writing for film, TV, theatre and fiction
  • Producing from script development to post production
  • Directing
  • Instruct writing, both for screen, theatre and literary

ACCOLADES

THEATRE COMMISSIONS:
2019 THE ARTHOUSE, Linden, NJ
Commissioned to direct and produce a full-length play.
Production: The Parcel Man
2017 RAHWAY CULTURE CRAWL, Linden, NJ
Commissioned to produce and direct a short play showcase
Production: Plain Jane, & The Wife
2016 LUNA STAGE, West Orange, NJ
Commissioned to write a and direct a historical play about the affects of President Eisenhower’s mandated highway that ran through New Jersey.
Production: Devil in Route 280
2016 RAHWAY CULTURE CRAWL, Linden, NJ
Commissioned to produce and direct a short play showcase
Production: There Comes a Time & The Parcel Man
AWARDS:
2020 & 2019 RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, EXPRESS NEWARK, Newark, NJ
Won a Residency to continue series on human trafficking; begin the development of a docu-series and to film Cassidy, a dramatic-comedy.
Production: H.I.T.S. series/H.I.T.S. Docu-series/Cassidy series
2017 URBAN PLAYWRIGHTS UNITED FILM FESTIVAL, Los Angeles, CA
Won Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Actor awards for art cinema Film
Production: Red Lake
2016 UNION COUNTY, UCACT PROGRAM, Elizabeth, NJ
Grant award to produce and direct a play
Production: God of Carnage (Tony Award winning play)
2016 URBAN PLAYWRIGHTS UNITED FESTIVAL,
Awarded the Soaring Eagle Award for the writing projects that year. I had the honor of receiving this award as a guest at UPTV/Aspire TV, Atlanta, GA
Production: Murphy’s Law: “Group Therapy Gone Wild” & H.I.T.S. series pilot
2015 UNION COUNTY, UCACT PROGRAM, Elizabeth, NJ
Grant award to produce my dark-comedy play on mental health and suicide prevention
Production: Murphy’s Law: “Group Therapy Gone Wild”