Claire McCarthy

Claire McCarthy is an Australian screenwriter, director, producer, and visual artist.

Early life McCarthy was born in Sydney, the daughter of Christine, an author and concert pianist, and John McCarthy KC. She attended Meriden School in the early 1990s and graduated with honours from the University of Technology, Sydney with a Bachelor of Design/Communications majoring in film in 1997. She is a screen directing graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School from 2001. In September 2016 it was announced that Davis will also star in the titular role, with Mahershala Ali as her husband and Quvenzhané Wallis as one of her daughters.

Teaching She has taught screenwriting and filmmaking to masters and undergraduate students at Macquarie University. She has also taught screenwriting to special needs students at North Sydney TAFE. In the Australian film The Black Balloon she had the role of choreographer to a group of autistic adults who were starring in the film and also contributed to the musical soundtrack as she also did with Sisters and The Waiting City.

Personal life She is married to award-winning cinematographer Denson Baker ACS. The couple have collaborated on The Waiting City, The Black Balloon, Skin, and other films, as well as Old Man River's Sunshine music video (set in Varanasi). Sunshine was nominated for an Australian Cinematographers Society Award in 2008 in the "Best Music Video" category.

She divides her time between Sydney and Los Angeles.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Producer 2006 Skin 2007 Cross Life 2009 The Waiting City 2011 Little Hands 2018 Ophelia 2021 The Colour Room TBA Shiver

Music video "Sunshine" (2006) (For Old Man River)

Documentary film Year Title Director Writer Note 2008 Sisters Also camera operator and off-line editor

TV series Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Note 2021 Domina 3 episodes

Choreographer The Black Balloon (2007)