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.
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.
Andrea is also a resident of Rutgers University, Express Newark program where she wrote, produced and directed, Cassidy, a dramatic-comedy series about the journey of a woman during the onslaught of menopause, until what seems like her and her family’s demise. Also, under her residency, Andrea is producing other projects like panel discussions and interviews, etc., to shed light on human trafficking awareness and prevention, as well as women in the life of cinema and entertainment. Additionally, Andrea was commissioned to produce her play, The Parcel Man, at Art House of Linden in March, 2019.
Andrea and her son Eddie-Yasin won an entrance in Urban Playwrights United Film Festival for “Red Lake” and “There Comes a Time” which are films they wrote, directed and produced and bought home 4 awards: Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Actor for the film, Red Lake, and Best Supporting Actress for the film “There Comes a Time.”
In March 2017 Andrea won a 2nd admission to perform her play, “The Parcel Man” in the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, her first was her play, “It’s a Family Affair” in 2016. Andrea’s production company, People Helping People, Arts & Entertainment performed a showcase of 8 of her short plays at Paul Robeson Hall, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. Following that year, she also won a 2nd year at Rahway Culture Crawl, to perform her short play showcase.
In 2016, Andrea was commissioned by Luna Stage to write a play on the adverse effects of Interstate-280 where she completed the play, “Devil in I-280.” Later that year, Andrea won the Urban Playwrights United Soaring Eagle Award, for her resilience to write, direct and produce in spite of her battle with Lupus. Andrea also won the 2015 and 2016 UCACT Grant Award to produce Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award winning play, “God of Carnage,” 2016; and her play Murphy’s Law: “Group Therapy Gone Wild,” 2015.
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” |