Claire McCarthy

Director, writer, producer and visual artist, Claire's most recent work includes being the set-up director and EP for the SKY series DOMINA, starring Kasia Smutniak, Claire Forlani and Isabella Rossellini. She was director and executive producer on the 6 part television series THE LUMINARIES. An adaptation of the Man Booker Prize winning novel, starring Eva Green and Eve Hewson. Produced by Working Title and BBC. Prior to this Claire directed the award winning feature film OPHELIA starring Naomi Watts, Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen and George MacKay. which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Claire adapted for the screen and directed the centerpiece segment of Tim Winton's celebrated novel THE TURNING, starring Rose Byrne and Miranda Otto. Her segment won Rose Byrne a Best Actress Award at the AACTA Awards. Her award winning feature film, THE WAITING CITY, starring Radha Mitchell and Joel Edgerton, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010. The film was nominated for three Film Critics Circle Awards, an Australian Directors Guild award, won Independent Film Awards for cinematography and editing, and has sold to almost 40 territories around the world. Claire was featured in Variety on the 2018 list of 10 Directors to Watch.