Biography
Clayton Jacobson is an Australian film director, writer, producer, actor, musician and editor. His debut feature film was Kenny, which was released in 2006 in Australia to critical acclaim, winning a number of awards. He has acted in a number of films, including Animal Kingdom (2010).
Known For
Complete Filmography
States of Mind
2024
Students Ali and Vanessa arrive at the mansion on the hill for a weekend of psychic competition. The competition pays well, especially for the winner....
Westgate Bridge Disaster: The Untold Stories
2020
Editor
Fifty years after the collapse of Melbourne's West Gate Bridge that took with it the lives of 35 workers, their families and the survivors share their...
Brothers' Nest
2018
as Jeff
With their Mother dying of cancer, intent on changing her will to benefit her new husband before she dies, two brothers go to extreme and deadly lengt...
Brothers' Nest
2018
Director, Editor
With their Mother dying of cancer, intent on changing her will to benefit her new husband before she dies, two brothers go to extreme and deadly lengt...
Upgrade
2018
as Manny
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificia...
Just Between Us
2018
as Uncle Al
Unadventurous office worker Hannah and her childhood friend Trixie's world is turned upside down when the ghost of her late sister appears; guiding th...
Play It Safe
2015
as Dad
Jamie is a 26-year-old musician, which isn't as cool as you'd think. When his band breaks up, he's left with no money, no career, and no girlfriend. N...
Animal Kingdom
2010
as Gus Emery
Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved i...
Lucky Country
2009
Thanks
1902....the Australian Federation is a year old. Twelve year-old Tom's father, Nat, has dragged him and his sister, Sarah, to an isolated farm at the ...
The Square
2008
Thanks
Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps l...
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as Projectionist (segment: The Lady Bug)
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...
Kenny
2006
Director, Writer, Editor
From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Kenny tackles every septic challenge that comes...
Blacktown
2005
as Clayton
Love can be difficult at the best of times, and the remarkable Blacktown is a disarmingly honest tale of love-against-the-odds. Office secretary Nikki...
The Illustrated Family Doctor
2005
as Phil
Gary Kelp (Samuel Johnson) is losing the plot. As he edits a medical journal called The Illustrated Family Doctor, his life and his body seem to be fa...
Take Away
2003
as Waster 2
Tony Stilano and Trev Spackneys both own, live over and work in adjoining take-away fish shops in Melbourne. Although they have fallen into a habitual...
Tanaka
2002
Director
Mori Tanaka is sent to Australia from Japan to oversee his uncle's funeral and retrieve his ashes from the man's spouse. When the man's spouse turns o...
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
2001
as Repo Man
A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coas...