---
name: "Clement Virgo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clement-virgo"
fi1m_id: "clement-virgo"
imdb_id: "nm0899364"
tmdb_id: 173004
wikidata_id: "Q5131423"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 June 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T12:02:35.010519+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."
---

# Clement Virgo

## Identity

Clement Virgo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clement-virgo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clement-virgo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0899364
- **TMDB ID:** 173004
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5131423
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Virgo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5131423, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/173004

Director. Born 1 June 1966 in Montego Bay.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 June 1966, Montego Bay
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Clément Virgo
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 90 (1), 2020s 50 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Virgo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5131423, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899364/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/173004

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wire*](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md) (90)
- **Netflix:** [*DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story*](https://film.one/tv/dahmer-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story.md) (51)

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

## Biography

Clement Virgo is a Jamaican-born Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Montego Bay, he immigrated to Canada at the age of 11 and grew up in Toronto. He trained at the Canadian Film Centre, where he developed his debut feature screenplay.

Virgo's feature films include *Rude* (1995), which premiered at Cannes, *Love Come Down* (2000), *Lie with Me* (2005) and *Poor Boy's Game* (2007). His later features are *Brother* (2022) and *Steal Away* (2025). On television he has directed episodes of *The Wire* (2002), *The Book of Negroes* (2015), which he also co-wrote, *Greenleaf*, *Billions*, *Empire* and *DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* (2022). He serves as executive producer on several series, including *Greenleaf* alongside Oprah Winfrey.

Virgo runs the production company Conquering Lion Pictures with Damon D'Oliveira. His work has received multiple Canadian Screen Awards and other accolades.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* (2022), Fi1m 51, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dahmer-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story.md)
- *The Wire* (2002), Fi1m 90, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Bob Marley: One Love* (2024), Fi1m 48, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bob-marley-one-love.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Steal Away* (2026), Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Well* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Madness* (2024), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Bob Marley: One Love* (2024), Associate Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/bob-marley-one-love.md)
- *Brother* (2023), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Dear Edward* (2023), series, Director
- *DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 51, [page](https://film.one/tv/dahmer-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story.md)
- *Greenleaf* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Billions* (2016), series, Director
- *American Crime* (2015), series, Director
- *Empire* (2015), series, Director
- *The Book of Negroes* (2015), series, Writer, Director, Creator
- *The Listener* (2009), series, Director
- *Poor Boy's Game* (2007), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Lie with Me* (2005), Director
- *Platinum* (2003), series, Director
- *The Wire* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)
- *Love Come Down* (2000), Director, Writer
- *One Heart Broken Into Song* (1999), Director
- *The Planet of Junior Brown* (1997), Director, Screenplay
- *Rude* (1995), Director, Writer
- *A Small Dick Fleshy Ass Thang!* (1993), Director, Writer
- *Save My Lost Nigga Soul* (1993), Director, Writer
- *XOXO*, Director
- *Junior*, series, Executive Producer
- *Half-Blood Blues*, Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Clement Virgo](https://film.one/media/person/60981/gallery-f56e0c8e098d.jpg) Clement Virgo — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Clement_Virgo_at_the_2017_CFC_Alumni_at_TIFF_Reception_%2837034658296%29.jpg/1280px-Clement_Virgo_at_the_2017_CFC_Alumni_at_TIFF_Reception_%2837034658296%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pam Grier and Clement Virgo on the red carpet for the Black history Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/60981/gallery-6e50b0c43d5a.jpg) Pam Grier and Clement Virgo on the red carpet for the Black history Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830126689%29.jpg/1280px-An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830126689%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pam Grier on the red carpet for the Black history Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/60981/gallery-1924fa9d56b4.jpg) Pam Grier on the red carpet for the Black history Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830127035%29.jpg/1280px-An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830127035%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Clement Virgo, Pam Grier and host Sharon Lewis on the red carpet at the Black History Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfcc (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/60981/gallery-89390571166e.jpg) Clement Virgo, Pam Grier and host Sharon Lewis on the red carpet at the Black History Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfcc (2012) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830127861%29.jpg/1280px-An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830127861%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Pam Grier and Clement Virgo on the red carpet for the Black history Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/60981/gallery-092627134fe9.jpg) Pam Grier and Clement Virgo on the red carpet for the Black history Month event "An Evening with Pam Grier". To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830128191%29.jpg/1280px-An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830128191%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Co-presenter Clement Virgo introducing Pam Grier and host Sharon Lewis. To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/60981/gallery-d93231156a8b.jpg) Co-presenter Clement Virgo introducing Pam Grier and host Sharon Lewis. To learn more, please visit: cfccreates.com/bhm (2012) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830129855%29.jpg/1280px-An_Evening_With_Pam_Grier_%286830129855%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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