Clint Bentley is the director and co-writer of JOCKEY (2021), his first feature film as director, which premiered In Competition at the Sundance Film Festival where it won a Special Jury Prize for Best Actor for Clifton Collins Jr. He also directed and co-wrote TRAIN DREAMS (2025), based on the novella of the same name, which was distributed by Netflix and received great reviews, getting nominated for multiple Golden Globe awards.