Clarence Williams IV
Clarence Williams IV graduated with honors from the John Wells Directing Program at Carnegie Mellon University. He's completed 3 feature films since graduating. His feature film, No Doubt, premiered at the 2018 Silicon Beach Film Festival. It's currently being distributed by IndieFlix and Freakish Films respectively. His last feature, My Friend Tucker, is being distributed by Indie Rights and premiered at the 2018 Golden State Film Festival. Lead actor, Mitchell Edwards won the Best Actor Award for his performance in My Friend, Tucker. Clarence was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay respectively by the Black and Latino Filmmaker's Coalition. His writing has been recognized by the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, the Orb Media Group China-Hollywood Writing Fellowship, and the Continuance Pictures Short Film Initiative respectively. Clarence's short film We Can't Breathe won the Donald E. Lacy Jr. Social Justice Award from the 2020 Studio City Film Festival and the Best Social Justice Film Award from the 2020 Moving Parts Film Festival. Clarence is also one of 3 recipients of the 2021 More than Music: Black Filmmaker Grant. Most recently, he received an Honorable Mention Award for Best Director from the LA Independent Women Film Awards for his short film The Breakdown.