Tom Clement is an Emmy Award–winning director, producer, and cinematographer based in Washington, D.C.
His directorial debut, Projecting Protest (Scripps News), which follows the rise of light projection as a protest tactic, won the 2026 News & Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Short Documentary. He also produced, shot, and edited the film.
A former staff cinematographer for Scripps News, Tom covered breaking news from the Uvalde mass shooting to the fall of Roe v. Wade, and won a National Murrow Award for In Real Life: Injected. His camerawork has appeared in A&E Docs, Paramount, TIME, Newsweek, the Smithsonian, Vice News Tonight, and the Pulitzer Center.
Tom is developing two documentary projects about people challenging power and defying taboo, in addition to creating commissioned work.
