Barnaby Clay

Barnaby Clay (born May 15, 1973) – also known as Barney Clay - is a British film director. Clay graduated London International Film School in 1996, directing the school‘s entry to the Fuji Film Scholarship Awards – the short film ‘Justice in Mind’ took home the top award of Best Film. Soon after leaving film school he moved into directing music videos and commercials. He has directed music videos for bands like John Spencer Blues Explosion, TV on the Radio, Gnarls Barkley, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dave Gahan to name a few. In 2003 Clay traveled to Russia with the band gypsy punk band Menlo Park to make his first documentary for Britain’s Channel 4, entitled ‘Greetings From Beartown'. In 2005 he wrote and directed a short film for Ritz Fine Jewellery titled ‘Carousel’, starring the actress Chloe Sevigny. In 2007 his fantasy horror short ‘Finkle’s Odyssey’ won the Méliès d'Argent at Fantsporto Film Festival, also collecting awards at Brooklyn International Film Festival, Marvais Genre, IFCT, 24 FPS Film Festival. Later that year Clay moved to New York City where he met his wife Karen O, lead singer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Clay continues to collaborate with his wife including directing a music video for her first solo record.

In 2011 Clay re-worked Mick Rock’s classic music video for David Bowie’s ‘Life On Mars (song)’. The installation was a part of Vice Media and Intel’s ‘Creators Project’ series, traveling globally under the name ‘Life On Mars Revisited’.

Clay is currently directing a full-length feature film on Mick Rock for Vice Films.