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name: "Clayton Townsend"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clayton-townsend"
fi1m_id: "clayton-townsend"
imdb_id: "nm0870106"
tmdb_id: 3184
wikidata_id: "Q47816067"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "9 February 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-05T15:50:48.187785+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."
---

# Clayton Townsend

## Identity

Clayton Townsend

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clayton-townsend
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clayton-townsend
- **IMDb ID:** nm0870106
- **TMDB ID:** 3184
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47816067
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Townsend, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47816067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870106/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3184

Producer. Born 9 February 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 9 February 1961, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Morgan](https://film.one/person/chris-morgan.md), [Judd Apatow](https://film.one/person/judd-apatow.md), [Justin Lin](https://film.one/person/justin-lin.md), [Michelle Rodriguez](https://film.one/person/michelle-rodriguez.md), [Neal H. Moritz](https://film.one/person/neal-h-moritz.md), [Oliver Stone](https://film.one/person/oliver-stone.md), [Tommy Lee Jones](https://film.one/person/tommy-lee-jones.md), [Vin Diesel](https://film.one/person/vin-diesel.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as producer, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 64 (2), 1990s 75 (3), 2000s 79 (1), 2010s 57 (4), 2020s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 63 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 5, Thriller 5, Comedy 4, Action 3, Romance 3
- **Screen time:** 25 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,770m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Townsend, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47816067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870106/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3184

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Fast & Furious 6*](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md) (70), [*Bird Box*](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md) (53)
- **Disney+:** [*Bridesmaids*](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md) (82)
- **AMC+:** [*The 40 Year-Old Virgin*](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md) (79)
- **Peacock:** [*F9*](https://film.one/film/f9.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Clayton Townsend is an American film and television producer and production manager. Born on 9 February 1961 in Cleveland, Ohio, he began working in production management in the late 1980s and collaborated extensively with director Oliver Stone between 1988 and 1999. He served as associate producer and production manager on *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989) and co-producer on *JFK* (1991), before producing *Natural Born Killers* (1994) and *Nixon* (1995).

Townsend has produced a range of comedies and action films, including *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), *Knocked Up* (2007), *Bridesmaids* (2011), *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), *Unbroken* (2014) and *Bird Box* (2018). He has also worked as executive producer on projects such as *Bad Company* (2002) and the television series *Ripley* (2024). He won a Directors Guild of America Award for *Born on the Fourth of July* and received a Producers Guild of America nomination for *Bridesmaids*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

- *RIPLEY* (2024), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/tv/ripley.md)
- *The Equalizer 3* (2023), Fi1m 60, Unit Production Manager, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-equalizer-3.md)
- *F9* (2021), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/f9.md)
- *Bird Box* (2018), Fi1m 53, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Fi1m 24, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md)
- *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md)
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *Natural Born Killers* (1994), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/natural-born-killers.md)
- *JFK* (1991), Fi1m 80, Production Manager, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)
- *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Fi1m 80, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md)
- *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), Fi1m 74, Production Manager, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md)
- *The Money Pit* (1986), Fi1m 54, Unit Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-money-pit.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Last Days* (2025), Producer
- *RIPLEY* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/ripley.md)
- *The Equalizer 3* (2023), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-equalizer-3.md)
- *F9* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/f9.md)
- *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md)
- *Bird Box* (2018), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *Zoolander 2* (2016), Unit Production Manager, Producer
- *Unbroken* (2014), Producer
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, Producer
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, Producer
- *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious-6.md)
- *This Is 40* (2012), Producer
- *People Like Us* (2012), Producer
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *Funny People* (2009), Producer, Production Manager
- *Year One* (2009), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story* (2007), Unit Production Manager, Producer
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* (2006), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *The Skeleton Key* (2005), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Bad Company* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Heartbreakers* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Any Given Sunday* (1999), Producer
- *U Turn* (1997), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Blackout* (1997), Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Nixon* (1995), as Floor Manager #1 · Producer
- *Natural Born Killers* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/natural-born-killers.md)
- *JFK* (1991), Producer, Production Manager — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)
- *The Doors* (1991), Associate Producer
- *Jacob's Ladder* (1990), Production Manager — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jacobs-ladder.md)
- *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), Producer, Production Manager — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md)
- *Talk Radio* (1988), Production Manager
- *Angel Heart* (1987), Location Manager
- *The Money Pit* (1986), Unit Manager — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-money-pit.md)
- *Nine 1/2 Weeks* (1986), Location Manager
- *A Chorus Line* (1985), Location Manager
- *The Loveless* (1984), Location Manager
- *The Hunger* (1983), Location Assistant
- *Untitled Hannibal Film*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Clayton Townsend](https://film.one/media/person/78418/gallery-42d64ddcf25c.jpg) Clayton Townsend — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Clayton_Townsend.jpg/1280px-Clayton_Townsend.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The producers of Last Days at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/78418/gallery-c83d17932c35.jpg) The producers of Last Days at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Last_Days_Production_Team.jpg/1280px-Last_Days_Production_Team.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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