CLIFTON GUTERMAN

Originally from tiny Iron City, GA (population 350), where he grew up expressing himself in community theatre and school chorus and drama, Clifton is a multi-hyphenate Atlanta entertainment veteran who has performed, directed, produced, and cast projects for stage and screen professionally since 2001. 

From 2021 to 2023, Clifton led the film and television division of Atlanta’s Big Picture Casting where he cast film, television, animation, and web projects. Previously, Clifton was Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director from 2012-2020 at Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta’s second oldest professional theatre company. He was the Alliance Theatre’s Artistic and Casting Assistant from 2001-2005 and Producer in Residence at Actor’s Express for the 2015-2016 season.
Clifton has cast over 150 professional plays, musicals, films, and shows over two decades.

Clifton has directed locally for Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Opera, Theatrical Outfit, and Jennie T. Anderson Theatre. As a former actor, Clifton appeared Off-Broadway and at top regional theatres, including Arena Stage, Berkeley Rep, Barrington Stage, San Jose Rep, The O’Neill Theatre Center, and more. Locally, he has performed with Alliance Theatre, Actor’s Express, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre, and Dad’s Garage Theatre. He can be seen in several
Atlanta-filmed movies (The Good Lie, Trouble with the Curve, The Internship, Scary Movie 5 ), television shows
(Being Mary Jane, One Tree Hill, Hindsight), and commercials. 

Clifton holds a BA in Drama from UGA and an MFA in Performing Arts from SCAD.

He and his husband, Chad, and their son, Griffin, live in Cabbagetown.