Clare-Louise is a multi award-winning Deaf filmmaker. Originally trained as an actor and theatre-maker, she has over 20 years experience across theatre, film and TV.

Having worked as an actor herself, she prides herself on creating safe spaces in which actors’ can do their best work and has directed across, film, live performance and music video. She has also worked at The Royal Conservatoire Scotland, directing the BA Performance students.

Clare’s latest 30min film, Where The Light Gets In, (LumoTV), was nominated for Best Drama at The Broadcast Digital Awards alongside; The Rivals, A Thousand Blows and Day of The Jackal and was nominated for two RTS West Awards; Best Production and Best Performance and won Best Sound Design.

As a Deaf director, who was born hearing, Clare is in the unique position of straddling both the Deaf and hearing worlds and has become something of an expert at working on projects that combine BSL, SSE and English with exciting and authentic results.

Clare is Co-Founder of production company, Hot Coals Productions, who were behind the ground-breaking, About Time, event held at BAFTA, an anarchic evening of performance celebrating Deaf and disabled talent sponsored by ITV and Disney.

In 2023 Clare was named as one of Screen International’s Screen Stars of Tomorrow. She is a BAFTA Connect member and has sat on juries for both RTS Awards and BAFTA TV Awards.