Hi! My name isDrea Clark
IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE
NICOLAS CAGE
MAXIMUM FILM!
A movie podcast that isn’t just a bunch of straight white dudes. I co-host with comedian Ify Nwadiwe and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film, with weekly episodes of movie news, reviews and in-depth insight. A Maximum Fun production.CURRENT HOME: Los Angeles, CA
HOMETOWN: White Bear Lake, MN
CATS: Trillian & Peck
NEVER WITHOUT: A bold lip color
SKINCARE: ObsessiveAbout Me
Favorite Things
A few random things that I've been involved with and/or involve me, purely because they're fun.
Professional Experience
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I love the art and craft of filmmaking, with particular attention to underrepresented stories, characters and filmmakers. I have a vast career in development, production and film festival programming that speaks to that love, as well as a more recent background in podcasting that… well, quite literally speaks to that love.
DANIELS
In 2021, I got to interview Nicolas Cage for an hour about his career and the film Pig (a really special movie I recommend checking out). You can watch that interview here. I also got to shove my cat Trillian into the camera for him to admire, which he did generously.
GUEST APPEARANCESI've been a guest (sometimes repeatedly!) on the following podcasts: Switchblade Sisters, Screen Drafts, Crushed, Just Shoot It, The JV Club with Janet Varney, Movies (with Gravy), High and Mighty, A Film and A Movie, One Bad Mother, The Film Stage Show, Heat Rocks, Views from the Vista, Broccoli and Ice Cream, Pop Rocket, The Generation Splice, All the President's Minutes and many more! Quick Facts
Podcasts
In 2024, my friends - director Greg Jardin and producer Jason Baum - premiered their film It's What's Inside at the Sundance Film Festival. Watch it on Netflix! It's impressive and really fun!
And if you pay super close attention, midway through the film one of the lead characters texts her friend Hilary, and Hilary's photo may look familiar. (It's me. I'm Hilary. Hilary 4-ever.)
FEATURE PRODUCER
A New York Story (director Fiona Robert, distributor Vertical / fka A View of the World from Fifth Avenue)
The Last Time You Had Fun (director Mo Perkins, distributor Gravitas Ventures)
Lake Los Angeles (director Mike Ott, distributor Under the Milky Way)
No Light and No Land Anywhere (director Amber Sealey, executive producer Miranda July, distributor Factory 25)
FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING / EVENT PRODUCTION
BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL: Artistic Director (2023-present) / Film Curator (2016-2023)
SPIRIT AWARDS: Nominations Producer (2021-2025)
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: Programming Associate (2017-2025)
FILM INDEPENDENT: Producer in Residence (2018-2024)
DICK CLARK PRODUCTIONS: Golden Globes Post Production (2010-2021)
THE WRAP: Director of Programming; Starz and Breakthrough Prize Foundation Film Competitions (2019-2020)
LA FILM FESTIVAL: Senior Programmer (2015-2018), Programmer (2009-2014); Head of Filmmaker Relations (2014-2018)
ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION: Sloan Film Summit Producer (2014, 2017)
SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: Head, Narrative Feature Programming (2005-17); Festival Director (2007-09)
INDIECADE FESTIVAL OF GAMING: Festival Producer (2009-2016)
In 2023, DANIELS won a slew of categories at the Film Independent Spirit Awards for Everything Everywhere All At Once, including Best Directors, where they graciously thanked me in their speech. They are inspiring artists and stellar human beings, and everyone should be thanked from stage in their life!
Watch the whole speech here, thrill at my name at 1:20, as I did, then watch their one-of-a-kind film!
film producer, festival programmer, friendly podcaster
TICKLISH BUSINESS
A podcast devoted to honoring and deconstructing classic cinema, co-hosted by four women with a deep appreciation for Hollywood’s golden age and a critical eye for the political, social and cultural influences of those times. I co-hosted with Kristen Lopez, Samantha Ellis and Kimberly Pierce.