Owner of Clamatees
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Owner at Clamatees
- MR.Clam Lynch at clamlynch.com (Self-employed)
- Past
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- PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR at Nominated for “Best Art Director”, 1998 MTV Music Awards for R.E.M. “Tongue”
- AUTHOR OF CHILDREN’S BOOK: DEVELOPED CHILDREN’S SHOW: at Abrams Books , Nickelodeon.
- SHOW DEVELOPMENT: at H.B.O. , USA NETWORK
- PERFORMANCE ARTIST: at Clam Lynch
- Education
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- Maine College of Art
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Clam Lynch’s Summary
JAMES “CLAM” LYNCH
Clam is a professional and lifelong artist with a wide range of skills and experience including performance artist,comedian, the development of children’s programming, authoring of children’s books, production designer for film and t.v. as well as theater and large art insulations which he has designed and constructed . he also teaches art to children in his free time. after working on the creation of a television show based on a character developed from several successful thearter runs , he is now focusing on his artwork and paintings and the creation of the company Clamatees with his two brothers,Mike and Tom Lynch.
Clam Lynch’s Experience
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Owner
Clamatees
(Arts and Crafts industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Selling tee shirts ,artwork,objects and sharing words.
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MR.Clam Lynch
clamlynch.com (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Performing Arts industry)
November 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)
• Writing and performing one man comedy show entitled “Cut the Crap” about a motivational speaker with his own “life” issues for a four month run at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles. Performed as character in numerous appearances including the Tom Green show, Roseanne Barr’s “Blond and Bitching” DVD, and the Air America radio show.
• Development deals with Rosanne Barr’s Full Moon and High Tide Productions and River Street Film for a television show based on the “Cut the Crap” character. (Still in progress) -
PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ART DIRECTOR
Nominated for “Best Art Director”, 1998 MTV Music Awards for R.E.M. “Tongue”
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 1996 — February 2006 (10 years 1 month)
• Production designer for numerous directors. Nominated for “Best Art Director”, 1998 MTV Music Awards for R.E.M. “Tongue” video and “Visionary in Art Direction”, 2002 VH-1 Music Awards for Stone Temple Pilots Video, “Silly Girl” .
• Commercials: Pepsi, Taco Bell, Miller Lite, Sprint, Pac Bell, Starburst, McDonalds, Little Caesars.
• Promotional: Disney , ABC, WB, Sci-Fi Channel, Nickelodeon.
• Music Videos: Jessica Simpson, Sugar Ray, Metallica, Megadeth, Van Halen, Jennifer Lopez, Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Rod Stewart, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters,, Tori Amos, R.E.M., Black Eyed Peas, Weezer, Whitney Houston, Smashmouth, and Mandy Moore.
• Directors: McG, Jesse Dylan, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris, Francis Lawrence, Kevin Bray, Chris Applebaum, Earl Sebastian, Evan Bernard, Lawrence Carroll, Nancy Bardwell, Al Yankowich, Chris Erskin, Scotty Bergstein, Wayne Isham, Paul Andresen, Scott Marshall, The Malloys.. -
AUTHOR OF CHILDREN’S BOOK: DEVELOPED CHILDREN’S SHOW:
Abrams Books , Nickelodeon.
(Media Production industry)
March 1998 — January 2006 (7 years 11 months)
• Authored and developed characters for children’s book, “RUBY GLOOMS KEYS TO HAPPINESS”, Harry N. Abrams, NY, NY October 2004.• Working with River Street films to develop children’s show, “The Dust Bunnies” based on idea formulated in 2004. (Still in progress)• Developed, created and performed in the children’s show “The Shrimpskins” for Nickelodeon with Stephen Holman. (More information available on request)• Developed, created and performed in the children’s show “Life with Loopy” for Nickelodeon with Stephen Holman. (More information available on request)
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SHOW DEVELOPMENT:
H.B.O. , USA NETWORK
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 2001 — 2004 (3 years)
• Development of shows for HBO Workspace and the USA network based on solo works performed in Los Angeles
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PERFORMANCE ARTIST:
Clam Lynch
(Performing Arts industry)
January 1990 — January 2001 (11 years 1 month)
• Received grants from the U.S. and Japan for performances in the Contemporary Avant-garde Arts Festival and Alchemy Records 8th Anniversary Tour in major cities throughout Japan.• Received a National Performance Network (NPN) Grant for performances of the show “Bigg Mess” in Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Kitchen in New York City. Performed with Alien Comic, Johanna Went and Stephen Holman.
Clam Lynch’s Education
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Maine College of Art
1982 — 1983
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