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 Claires next feature film is in development through the Australian Film Commissions IndiVision program