---
name: "Clay A. Griffith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clay-a-griffith"
fi1m_id: "clay-a-griffith"
imdb_id: "nm0341463"
tmdb_id: 4197
wikidata_id: "Q95786840"
roles: ["Set decoration"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T01:34:27.583479+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Clay A. Griffith

## Identity

Clay A. Griffith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clay-a-griffith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clay-a-griffith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0341463
- **TMDB ID:** 4197
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95786840
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95786840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341463/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4197

Set decoration.

## Details

- **Work:** Set decoration
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Also known as:** 클레이 A. 그리피스
- **Frequently works with:** [John Davis](https://film.one/person/john-davis.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 75 (4), 2000s 56 (2), 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 64 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 7, Drama 7, Romance 6, Music 3, Family 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,428m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95786840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341463/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4197

## Coming up

- *Snoop* (2027-08-05), Production Design

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Song Sung Blue*](https://film.one/film/song-sung-blue.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*We Bought a Zoo*](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) (58)
- **Apple TV:** [*Norbit*](https://film.one/film/norbit.md) (31)

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## Biography

Clay A. Griffith is an American production designer and set decorator. He entered the film industry as an art department assistant on *Something Wild* (1986), with assistance from his half-sister, actress Melanie Griffith. His early credits as set decorator include *Dirty Dancing* (1987), *Se7en* (1995), *Jerry Maguire* (1996) and *As Good as It Gets* (1997).

Griffith made his debut as production designer on Cameron Crowe’s *Almost Famous* (2000) and has maintained a long collaboration with the director across several films and the series *Roadies*. His production design credits include *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), *Jack Reacher: Never Go Back* (2016), *Dolemite Is My Name* (2019), *Greenland* (2020) and *Song Sung Blue* (2025). He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1998.

*Sources: imdb.com, interiordesign.net, castfacts.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Song Sung Blue* (2025), Fi1m 68, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/song-sung-blue.md)
- *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md)
- *Norbit* (2007), Fi1m 31, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/norbit.md)
- *Almost Famous* (2000), Fi1m 82, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)
- *Stuart Little* (1999), Fi1m 66, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/stuart-little.md)
- *Jerry Maguire* (1996), Fi1m 81, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md)
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Fi1m 78, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *Singles* (1992), Fi1m 74, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/singles.md)
- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), Fi1m 79, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md)
- *Something Wild* (1986), Fi1m 82, Art Department Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Snoop* (2027), Production Design
- *Diamond* (2026), Production Design
- *Song Sung Blue* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/song-sung-blue.md)
- *The Pickup* (2025), Production Design
- *Big George Foreman* (2023), Production Design
- *National Champions* (2021), Production Design
- *Greenland* (2020), Production Design
- *Dolemite Is My Name* (2019), Production Design
- *Trial by Fire* (2019), Production Design
- *City of Lies* (2018), Production Design
- *Jack Reacher: Never Go Back* (2016), Production Design
- *Aloha* (2015), Production Design
- *Mercy* (2014), Production Design
- *Petals on the Wind* (2014), Production Design
- *Endless Love* (2014), Production Design
- *The Trials of Cate McCall* (2013), Production Design
- *A Thousand Words* (2012), Production Design
- *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md)
- *Meet Dave* (2008), Production Design
- *Lucky You* (2007), Production Design
- *Norbit* (2007), Production Design — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/norbit.md)
- *Elizabethtown* (2005), Production Design
- *Radio* (2003), Production Design
- *Prozac Nation* (2003), Production Design
- *Sweet Home Alabama* (2002), Production Design
- *Almost Famous* (2000), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)
- *Stuart Little* (1999), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/stuart-little.md)
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)
- *Jerry Maguire* (1996), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md)
- *Se7en* (1995), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/se7en.md)
- *Junior* (1994), as Set Decoration
- *The Favor* (1994), as Set Decoration
- *Grumpy Old Men* (1993), as Set Decoration
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *Singles* (1992), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/singles.md)
- *Pacific Heights* (1990), as Set Decoration
- *Rosalie Goes Shopping* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Mystic Pizza* (1988), as Set Decoration
- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md)
- *Something Wild* (1986), Art Department Assistant — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/something-wild.md)
- *Harvest Moon*, Production Designer

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