Bio

An international award-winning writer/director, Ty Clancey is a graduate of SMU School of Film and Media Arts and New York Film Academy. Born and raised in Iowa, Ty’s early credits include JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS before earning worldwide accolades with the comedy team “The Lost Nomads” featuring Josh Gad. Ty has directed two digital series for Fox; was E.P. and director of GIGI: ALMOST AMERICAN on HULU; wrote and directed over 70 episodes of MARVEL MASHUP on DISNEY XD; was showrunner, director and Co-E.P. of the mystery mini-series CRYPTID on HISTORY CHANNEL and the Brazilian adventure series TREASURE QUEST: SNAKE ISLAND for DISCOVERY CHANNEL; directed the comedy series THIS ISN’T WORKING for ABCd; the immersive PEOPLE OF EARTH VR experience at Comic-Con for TBS; the musical drama LOVE & MAYHEM starring Logan Marshall-Green; and recently won two CLIO GOLD WINNER AWARDS in 2019 and 2021, as well as three GOLDEN STATUES at the 2019 and 2020 PROMAX AWARDS. His horror short film THANK YOU FOR STAYING, shot in quarantine, blazed the festival circuit with several wins in 2021. Coming soon in 2023 is the psychological thriller DRAWN which he wrote, produced, and directed.