We Are Clay
- Directed & Produced by: Elan Golod
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- Updated: February 4, 2026
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A sculptor’s legacy takes shape through the women who once posed for her — and still carry her touch.
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Elan Golod
Director & Producer
Team
Elan Golod
Director & Producer
After transitioning from a background in visual arts to filmmaking, Elan made his mark in the New York film industry as an editor on a diverse array of projects and as a short-form documentary director. He was part of the editing team for Mike Birbiglia's film "Sleepwalk with Me" (Sundance, SXSW) and co-directed and edited the documentary short "Mike Birbiglia: How to Make Whatever This Is." While working on his feature documentary Nathan-ism, he co-edited Birbiglia's "Don't Think Twice" (SXSW, Tribeca) and Maya Zinshteins documentary Til Kingdom Come (DocAviv, IDFA). -
Sydney Linden
Director of Photography
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Sydney Linden
Director of Photography
Sydney Bowie Linden is a documentary director and cinematographer based in Southern California. She discovered her love of filmmaking as an undergraduate at University of California, Los Angeles, where she began crafting intimate, character-driven documentaries grounded in observational filmmaking. Her work has been featured on The New Yorker Documentary Series and has received selection from festivals across the United States, including Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Heartland International Film Festival, Slamdance Cinema Club, Mountainfilm Festival, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, Sun Valley Film Festival, and Newport Beach Film Festival. In June of 2021, Sydney received her M.F.A. in Documentary Film from Stanford University. She is currently directing and shooting a new feature length documentary executive produced by Chrissy Teigen with the Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning production company Film 45.
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