Biographie
Clint started his career at the 'Theatre Royal Stratford East' acting for the likes of the renowned Mike Leigh. It was also here that he was brought through the ranks by his mentor Philip Hedley; becoming a board member at 28 and ultimately, associate artist for over a decade. During his time at Stratford East alongside Philip, Clint set up their Musical Theatre Programme before directing his first production The Big Life', which went onto be transferred into the West End.
Dyer produced and starred in the multi-award winning feature film 'SUS,' which was simultaneously released alongside a production that he also starred in at the Young Vic Theatre. Following its success, he won multiple awards for Best Actor at the British Urban Film Awards, Screen Nation and Television Awards, Liege International Film Festival and Texas Black Film Festival.
Clint has always been in and around theatre but 'officially' began his writing journey through the Royal Court with his first play: 'Emergency,' and his screenwriting started with Nik Powell at Scala Productions. After directing his second show at the NT, Clint was appointed as Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre in 2021 and his work at the National includes Othello (making him the first Black director to direct Othello in any major UK venue), Death of England: Delroy (Winner: Best Play at Visionary Awards) and Death of England: Closing Time; the sequels to the renowned Death of England (nominated for Best Director; Black British Theatre Awards), all of which he cowrote with Roy Williams. These accolades have made him one of the few artists and the very first Black artist to act, write and direct at the National Theatre. Following it's huge success; the Death of England trilogy also went on to receive a West End transfer to Soho Place.
Furthermore; Clint directed 'Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical', which won an Olivier for Best Original Score/New Orchestrations. The musical received four Olivier Award nominations including Best New Musical, was nominated for ten WhatsOnStage awards and received two nominations at the Evening Standard Awards for the Best Musical and Best Actor. Additionally, 'Best Actor in a Musical' and 'Best Musical Director' were awarded at the Black British Theatre Awards.
Other work of Clint's includes Kingston 14 and The Big Life (A West End production receiving Olivier, Evening Standard and WhatsOnStage nominations as 'First Black British Musical transfer to the West End.') At Theatre Royal Stratford East; Sylvia Plath (as writer and director), The Westbridge (Royal Court), and The Happy Tragedy of Being Woke ( Complicité; written by Clint and co-directed with the genius Simon Mcburney)
Dyer's writing/directing work in TV and film includes writing 'Starter Motor' for the BBC's Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle monologues, and Death of England: Face to Face; a feature-length film (co-wrote with Roy Williams) for the National Theatre and SKY TV. This was nominated for Best Single Drama at the BAFTA TV awards, Royal Television Society Awards and Broadcast Digital Media Awards.
As an actor, Clint's work includes Mr Loverman (BBC), the National Theatre's Olivier-winning production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Best Actor, I.A.R. Awards), The Kid Stays in the Picture (Complicité at the Royal Court), SUS (Young Vic), Big White Fog (Almeida) and The Royale (Bush Theatre).
