Clay Zimmerman
Clay Zimmerman is an editor known for Hello Privilege, It's Me, Chelsea, Brand: A Second Coming, Fastest Car, Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians, The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, Who Do You Think You Are?, Sundance winning film Quinceanera, and many other television and film projects.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Editor
- 17 on Motif · 20 credits in all
Known for
What are Clay Zimmerman's films like?
Across their 17 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous11
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Clay Zimmerman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 17 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Clay Zimmerman's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
20 credits, 17 with a Motif page.
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
The Chicano Squad (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

We Need Mirrors (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

Investigation Alien(2024)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Mafia Spies(2024)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
How to Become a Mob Boss(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
How to Become a Tyrant(2021)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Ruff Ryders Chronicles(2020)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Selena + Chef(2020)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

Dancing Queen(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Fastest Car(2018)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Brand: A Second Coming(2015)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
NYC Prep(2009)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Quinceañera(2006)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles from 2006 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
How do Clay Zimmerman's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 17 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive3
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed6
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Clay Zimmerman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Clay Zimmerman's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alistair Knapp shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Peter DinklageShared titles: How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Peter Dinklage

- Asha RangappaShared titles: How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Asha Rangappa

- Kevin HartShared titles: Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution (2022), Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Kevin Hart

Cinematographers and editors
- Alistair KnappShared titles: Investigation Alien (2024), How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Alistair Knapp

- Jeremy CloeShared titles: How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Jeremy Cloe

- John W. RutlandShared titles: How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 3 shared titles with John W. Rutland
- Caitlin DixonShared titles: Mafia Spies (2024), Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Caitlin Dixon
Producers
- Jonah BekhorShared titles: The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder (2025), How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Jonah Bekhor
- Jonas Bell PashtShared titles: The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder (2025), How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Jonas Bell Pasht

- Kellen HertzShared titles: The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder (2025), How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Kellen Hertz
- Jake LauferShared titles: Investigation Alien (2024), How to Become a Cult Leader (2023), How to Become a Mob Boss (2023), How to Become a Tyrant (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Jake Laufer
