Clint Bentley
Clint Bentley is the director and co-writer of JOCKEY. Based on the life of his father, his directorial debut premiered in competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize for Best Actor for Clifton Collins Jr. and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. In addition to winning the Audience Award at AFI Film Festival, the film was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards and was named one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2021 by The National Board of Review. Clint also co-wrote and produced TRANSPECOS, which premiered at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival and won the Audience Award. In 2017, he was chosen as one of 25 Screenwriters to Watch by Moviemaker Magazine, with co-writer Greg Kwedar. Recently, Clint co-wrote and produced Sing Sing, which premiered at 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and was acquired by A24, and wrapped production on his second feature as a director: Train Dreams, an adaptation of Denis Johnson's Pulitzer Prize-nominated novella starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones.