Biography
Colin Clemens obtained his calling card for stardom as one of a select few (alongside classmates
Hannah Bailey, Megan Krizmanich, and Jake Tusing) chosen to headline director
Nanette Burstein's critically well-received documentary
American Teen (2008). The film offers a sociological portrait of four middle American teenagers during their final year at Warsaw Community High School in Warsaw, IN. Onscreen, Burstein emphasizes Clemens's role as the local basketball star (albeit a sweet natured and non-conceited one) who must contend with the insistence of his Elvis impersonator dad that his only way "out" of the Midwestern community lies in a sports scholarship to a major college. Ultimately, after the film wrapped, Clemens enrolled at Indiana Tech and then transferred to Manchester College in North Manchester, IN, where he earned a degree in marketing. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide