Claire McCarthy

Claire McCarthy is a Sydney based writer, director, producer and visual 

artist, and has been making internationally acclaimed short films and 

documentaries for over a decade.

A directing graduate of the 

Australian Film TV and Radio School (2001), Claire has written, directed

 and produced a number of documentaries and short films in Australia, 

India, Germany and Mexico including Australian Film Commission fully 

funded short film Skin (2006), The Find (2006), City Edge (2005), 

Starbaby (2002), Panopticon (2001), Square Space (2000) and Tinsel 

(1999).

Her first feature film Cross Life debuted

 at the Sydney International Film Festival (2007) and release is 

expected in late 2007. Her documentary film Sisters in Calcutta (filmed 

on location in India) will broadcast on ABC television in late 2007. The

 Waiting City, Claire's next feature film, is in development through the

 Australian Film Commission's IndiVision program.