Biography

 

Writer / Script Consultant / Trainer

 

She began her career in movies promoting Oshima's EMPIRE OF THE SENSES in the US after its success in Cannes, was co-director of the Association of Independent Producers from 1978-1980 and Director of International Creative Affairs for the Ladd Company/Warner Bros from 1981-1983.

 

 

Full Credits:

 

Writing:

 

2010
TENDERBOY PIE
For MagicHour Film, DK; VOLIERA ROMANCE  for Tank Productions, Poland (2011)

2007

TWILIGHT

DOR Film, Austria: an adaptation of a true story set in Burma

 

2004

THE IMMORTALS

Co-writer: Samsa Film, Luxembourg

 

Producing:

 

1993

BORDERLINE

Co-produced this Greek film: For Channel Four: Won: Best Director: International Film Critics Prize: Thessaloniki Film Festival

 

HIGH SEASON

Feature: Starring Jacqueline Bisset and Kenneth Branagh: Won the award for the Best Screenplay at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 1987

 

1985

THE DRESS

Produced this BAFTA award winning short: Starring Michael Palin: For Paramount and the National Film Finance Corporation: Won the Gold Plaque, Chicago

 

1982

BEGGAR'S OPERA

Associate Producer on Richard Eyre's BEGGAR'S OPERA: For Channel Four and Warner Communications

1986

A WORLD APART

Developed this award winning screenplay: BAFTA and Cannes

 

Training:

 

2006

Joined the Independent Filmmakers Association: South Caucases Training programme as its script trainer / consultant

 

Teaches part-time the MA course in producing and development at the National Film and Television School in the UK: gives classes / supervises MA script at Leicester de Montford University, Praxis, Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and the International Film School in Cuba

 

Since 2000

Joint Head of Studies of the Southern African Producer training programme: AVEA

 

1994

Joint Head of Studies: EAVE Greek Regional programme

 

1993

Joint Head of Studies of the Scottish / Irish EAVE Regional programme

 

1989

Set up and was director of First Film Europe: a Strasbourg initiated development programme to fund first feature screenplays in each of the European Union member countries

 

Joined the EU's MEDIA producer training programme: EAVE: as a founder member of the script analysis team

 

Script Consulting:

 

Holds scriptwriting workshops internationally, and has her own Script Development consultancy: working on individual projects with both film funds and filmmakers throughout the world

 

Clare is on the Advisory Board of Scriptwriter magazine/Twelve Point

 

 

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