Clint Bentley
Directing
Biography
Clint Bentley (born 1 January 1985) is an American director and writer. His feature directorial debut was JOCKEY (2021), which he also co-wrote. It premiered In Competition at the Sundance Film Festival where it took home a Special Jury Prize for Best Actor for Clifton Collins Jr. He also directed and co-wrote TRAIN DREAMS (2025), based on the novella of the same name by Denis Johnson. The film was distributed by Netflix and received great reviews, receiving nominations for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Known For
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm on the eve of her comeback performance.
Mother Mary
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
The Oscars
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Train Dreams
Divine G, imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn't commit, finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men in this story of resilience, humanity, and the transformative power of art.
Sing Sing
For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours may cost them their lives.
Transpecos
A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.
Between the Temples
An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.
Jockey
A downed pilot, wounded and isolated deep in hostile territory, whose survival relies on trusting a stranger who claims to be part of a vast secret network designed to bring her to safety.
N.A.R.
A Chicago love story follows two college sweethearts over a decade as they navigate the complexities of adulthood and fate tests their youthful dreams.
Saturn Return
Eddie, an overconfident Nashville star, who is hiding a dark secret – he stole the songs for his hit debut album. Now, with a new wife and a baby on the way, Eddie must write his follow-up solo or risk losing everything. But just when things seem most hopeless, Eddie discovers a musical genius in the form of a magical possum with whom he strikes a dangerous Faustian bargain.
Possum Song
Short film produced by A24, filmed at San Quentin State Prison, starring Simon Rex.
Untitled Simon Rex Short Film
An injured jockey must endure nine races on nine horses over the course of one unforgiving night on the track. He will test the limits of his body and find what exists in the grey area between pain and beauty — if it doesn’t destroy him first.
9 Races
A young man has an affair with an older woman, but only realizes his love for her as she's walking out of his life.
I'll Remember Everything
During a routine investigation of an abandoned truck, a Border Patrol Agent uncovers something that will cause him to question the very nature of his job.
Dakota
A struggling artist and the man who loves her.
Darling Can You Answer the Door
A short documentary about the border conflict between the U.S. and Mexico.
Boulders Fall to Each
The dark and uncertain world that Spinks inhabits is turned upside down when a drug deal goes bad...