Claire McCarthy

Writer, director, producer and visual artist, Claire most recently completed production on THE COLOUR ROOM starring Phoebe Dynevor, Matthew Goode and Kerry Fox, due for theatrical release in October 2021 in Europe and the US. Prior to this she was set-up / lead director and EP for SKY series DOMINA (2020) starring Isabella Rossellini, Kasia Smutniak and Claire Forlani. Prior to this she was sole director and EP on THE LUMINARIES, a screen adaptation of the Man Booker Prize winning novel, starring Eva Green and Eve Hewson, produced by Working Title, Freemantle and BBC1.Her feature film OPHELIA, starring Naomi Watts, Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen and George MacKay, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2019. Her award-winning feature film, THE WAITING CITY, starring Radha Mitchell and Joel Edgerton, premiered at the Toronto International 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 upcoming feature, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF RACHEL DUPREE, which Claire wrote and will direct, is with Amazon Studios, and stars Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis.Claire was featured in Variety in the “10 Directors to Watch” 2018.