Lawrence Howard Clamage (born September 8, 1946) is an American filmmaker and author. He has written, directed and produced a wide variety of notable documentaries, including Carl Hancock Rux

Carl Hancock Rux

‎Carl Hancock Rux is an award winning writer and performer; former Head of the MFA Writing for Performance Program at the California Institute of the Arts and has taught or been in residence at University of California–San Diego, Stanford University, University of Massachusetts Amherst,...

, Coming of Age and The Lost Boys: The Journey to Freedom, both recipients of CINE

CINE

CINE is a consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience. CINE recognizes and fosters the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual film competitions....

 Golden Eagle Awards.

He began his directing career covering the drug cartels, in Bogota

Bogotá

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, Colombia

Colombia

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. In 1977, he moved back to Washington, DC, where he produced commercials for The American Red Cross

American Red Cross

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. Ten years later, he started producing films for The United States Information Agency

United States Information Agency

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 and The Voice of America

Voice of America

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. Clamage's documentaries have been repeatedly featured in national venues, such as the prestigious New York Film Festival

New York Film Festival

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, winning him numerous top prizes. They have been broadcast all over the world, and within the United States. Of late, he has contributed to multiple PBS documentaries.