About

My name is Josh Clayton and I am an independent screenwriter/director/producer (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3252546/) currently living in Durham, NC.

I first became interested in film my last semester in high school when we watched Hitchcock’s Psycho in a film/creative writing hybrid class that I took mainly because I enjoyed creative writing.  I was initially inspired by the way a shot’s framing could also convey meaning.  I immediately started brainstorming ideas for films and wrote two short screenplays.  I went on to attend the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA where I studied English literature and Film.

After graduating I moved to Durham, NC and began working on a variety of local productions as either a crew member or as a script consultant.  Continuing to write my own material, I produced my debut short film “The Bull” that fall. It went on to premiere at the Maryland Film Festival and is currently being internationally distributed by Ouat Media out of Toronto.

Using most of the same crew as from “The Bull” I went on to produce my debut feature The Virgins, pushing forward into longer content and a bigger production.  This blog was started right before pre-production and has been documenting the long process and journey of making a feature.