ABOUT

“Wow. I feel like I want to watch everything Joey's ever done. That was really fun and straight to the point.”
– NPR

“Clift offers cheeky solutions to fans who may miss performing the Tomahawk chop or wearing redface.”
– Salon

“Joey Clift has not only dedicated his life to doing some of the most insane, imaginative bits and concepts on stage [… and] as a proud member of the Cowlitz tribe, Clift has pushed for visibility and representation for Native and Indigenous talent in comedy and elsewhere.”
– The Comedy Bureau

Joey Clift is a Los Angeles-based comedian, TV writer, director, Emmy-nominated producer, and enrolled member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. Joey attended college to become a local TV weather person because as a kid he didn’t see any Native American comedians on television, and that made him believe he wasn’t allowed to work in comedy. Since then he has learned that this is not true – and his comedy style reflects that. Joey’s work has been featured in The Washington Post, CNN, Pitchfork, NPR, Dead Meat, and Comedy Central.

As a television writer Joey has written for shows such as the 7x Emmy-nominated Spirit Rangers on Netflix, Molly of Denali and Alma’s Way on PBS, New Looney Tunes and Lego Ninjago: Decoded on Cartoon Network, and Paw Patrol on Nickelodeon. Joey Clift created, directed, and wrote Gone Native, a Webby Award-winning Comedy Central Digital series featuring many of today’s top Native American comedians, and his short films have screened everywhere from Just For Laughs to the Smithsonian Museum.

Joey is also the creator of the LA Underground Cat Network, a 40,000-member strong online community for Los Angeles comedians to share cute pictures of their cats. He’s kind of a cat guy.

Read more about Joey Clift in his Reddit AMA and follow him all across his social media links below.