Clay Walker (filmmaker)

Clay Walker is an American Atlanta-based filmmaker

Early life and education

Walker was born in Memphis on March 15, 1968. He first attended college at Georgia Institute of Technology as an industrial design major and then transferred to Laguardia Community College in Queens to study photography and journalism. From there he transferred to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in television & film production.

In 1992, Walker produced, directed, photographed and edited the PBS documentary Post No Bills on Los Angeles "guerrilla" satirical political poster artist Robbie Conal. Post No Bills received a at the 1992 Chicago International Film Festival. Post No Bills was exhibited on and was the first completed broadcast-hour ITVS-funded project in history.
From 1995 to 1998 Walker followed the Squirrel Nut Zippers and created various media pieces from the documentary Squirrel Nut Zippers: Musical Candy to the enhanced interactive presentations on the "Hot" & "Perennial Favorites" albums. Walker's interactive documentary on the Squirrel Nut Zippers enhanced audio CD Perennial Favorites was described by as "Clay Walker's Sistine Chapel."
Walker's 2007 film The Cole Nobody Knows, the documentary film on the late jazz musician Freddy Cole, has been featured in over and awarded the Cine Golden Eagle Award.

Walker operates the film production company Plan B Productions that specializes in both independent film work and corporate video marketing pieces.
In 2006, Walker was named by the readers of Atlanta's Creative Loafing newspaper.

Year	Title	Notes
1992	Post No Bills (1992 film)
1996	Squirrel Nut Zippers: Musical Candy
2006	The Cole Nobody Knows