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Daryl Bright Clay
(She/Her)
Founding Member / Lead ProducerCNT Productions
Daryl Bright Clay is a Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and producer from the DC Metro Area, whose work blends cultural storytelling, humor, and the fine line between self-love and self-hate to illuminate the contradictions that make us human.
Full Bio
Daryl Bright Clay (She/Her/That Gurlll) is a multidisciplinary artist: a producer, writer, and performer. Yes, she actually does wear multiple hats (or hairstyles) depending on the vibes. Hailing from the DC Metropolitan Area has helped contribute to her love of cultural storytelling mixed with a dash of wit and a lot of heart.
As a founding member of CNT Productions, she has helped write, produce, and star in CNT Production's sketch comedy series NOT YOUR TYPE , their live interactive show, THE SEX SCENE, and their choreopoem series OPEN, which has been featured in AFROPUNK, DEADLINE, and Gloria Steinem’s Ms. Magazine. With CNT partner, Ariel Zucker, she co-wrote a pilot called, GYNO, which was accepted to Gotham’s 2022 TV Film Lab & Project Market.
Daryl was the production associate on APPLE TV+’s The Supermodels. She was also the showrunner’s assistant to Pulitzer Prize winner, Branden Jacobs Jenkins, who adapted Octavia Butler’s Kindred for FX/HULU. Her contributions have been recognized by HBO, the
As a founding member of CNT Productions, she has helped write, produce, and star in CNT Production's sketch comedy series NOT YOUR TYPE , their live interactive show, THE SEX SCENE, and their choreopoem series OPEN, which has been featured in AFROPUNK, DEADLINE, and Gloria Steinem’s Ms. Magazine. With CNT partner, Ariel Zucker, she co-wrote a pilot called, GYNO, which was accepted to Gotham’s 2022 TV Film Lab & Project Market.
Daryl was the production associate on APPLE TV+’s The Supermodels. She was also the showrunner’s assistant to Pulitzer Prize winner, Branden Jacobs Jenkins, who adapted Octavia Butler’s Kindred for FX/HULU. Her contributions have been recognized by HBO, the
- Professional Credits
- Producer - Goodnight (Short, Sundance 2025 Official Selection)
Showrunner's Assistant - Kindred (HULU/FX)
Actor - Blue Bloods, The Good Fight, Instinct (CBS)
Writer - GYNO (Gotham 2022 TV Film Lab & Project Market)
- Industry Awards
- Jeff Gordon’s Writer’s Boot Camp | African American Perspectives Fellow
Gotham TV Series Lab for episodic series, GYNO | Expanding Communities Fellow
Sundance Horizon Awards | Finalist
Women’s Weekend Film Challenge | Pilot Accelerator Quarter-Finalist
ACTivate Your Voice Pitch Competition | First Place Winner
National Film Festival for Talented Youth | Audience Award Winner
AT&T Film Awards for New Forms of Storytelling | Prize Winner
SIMA Studios Social Impact Award | Prize Winner
HBO’s Inspiration Room | Featured Writer
Uprights Citizens Brigade | Diversity Scholar
