clare Macdonald
words, pictures, feelings
is a Film director
Based in London, raised in France, graduated Oxford and NFTS.
Award-winning director, writer and artist who tells stories of becoming and found family with a dark witty and satirical palette.
Alumni of Directors UK Inspire, Canneseries Writers Club, Annecy Festival Residency, Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs and Sundance Feature and Episodic Labs Finalist. All work screened at BAFTA- and OSCAR-qualifying festivals.
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FILMS
A Wait, film
Short drama
Director, screenplay
All dressed up and nowhere to go. 14-year-old Beau arrives at grandma’s house by the lake to find grams is delayed and she must fend for herself for the next 24 hours.
Edited by Hoping Chen (Ilo Ilo, The Breaking Ice) and featuring a score by Arthur Jeffes (Penguin Cafe), A Wait was shot entirely in natural light by a lake in Massachussets. Screening at Berlin British Shorts in competition.
1-800-D-DIRECT, film
Short comedy
Director
Matching the women of Manhattan with their perfect D… is the secret mission of these dishwasher telesales ladies of the 1960s. Mr Jenkins must not find out!
Winner of an Best Director EDA Award from the AWFJ, 1-800-D-DIRECT is a riotous comedy with a feminist core spreading sexual revolution at Oscar- and Bafta-qualifying festivals worldwide.
The Mountain, film
Short comedy drama
Director
Commissioned by Sky and Sugar Films, The Mountain is a comedy about depression.
The film features the voices of Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter, Star Wars) and James Lance (Ted Lasso) as well as a cameo from newsreader Vanessa Baffoe.
Winner of several awards for craft and Best short film, The Mountain has screened at Oscar-and Bafta-qualifying festivals worldwide.