Biography

Clare is an award-winning film and TV director and producer, directing 12 episodes of network TV over the last twelve months for BBC, Ch4 and ITV.

She directed her first block of television at HOLLYOAKS during Summer '22 and is invited to return in April '23.

Clare was also recently headhunted by BBC Studios in Birmingham to direct 3 individual films as part of the BBC Three series THE BREAK, season 6 which aired Nov '23.

Clare also shadowed on EASTENDERS (August 2022) for multi-cam experience, showing her dedication to learning the craft, and has directed her 1st block of ITV drama at CORONATION STREET (Late Summer 23').

Clare has served previously as the lead script juror and co-chair of BAFTA, BIFA, AMAA accredited British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) which streamed on Apple TV and in 2018, Clare was commissioned by The Voice Newspaper to produce and direct a short documentary, WINDRUSH STORIES celebrating 70 years of the first Caribbean settlers in the U.K. Her directorial debut feature film NO SHADE secured an international theatrical release, making her just the 6th black British woman to secure cinematic distribution in 2018. The film has since been streamed over 16 million times on Amazon Prime (now available on Apple TV).

Clare will direct her 2nd feature, Finding Forever and has several productions in development at her production company BUFF Studios which recently became a diverse production supplier for Disney EMEA and is backed by BEYGood, Beyonce Knowles Carters Foundation.

BUFF Studios (formerly BUFF Originals) has served as Developing Executive Producers for several film and TV projects including: Ghosted (Jade Asha), Ancestors (Rain Pryor), The Mud Hut (Benji Johns), The Naked Truth (David Ayeni), Black Brother Boni (Emjay Reichsteiner) and Breaking Point (Hanan M. Lancaster).
- IMDb mini biography by: Andrew Mills