Selected credits
Much Ado About Dying (Soilsiu Films), 84 mins (2022) – Editor
- Winner, Best Directing (International), IDFA 2022
- Nominee, Best International Documentary, IDFA 2022
Who Killed the KLF? (Fulwell 73), 88 mins (2021) – Editor
Count Me In (Netflix), 81 mins (2021) – Editor & Writer
The Phantom (Netflix), 82 mins (2021) – Editor
- Official selection, Tribeca Film Festival 2021
General Magic (Spellbound Productions), 93 mins (2018) – Editor & Co-Producer
- Winner, Jury Award, Napa Valley Film Festival 2018
- Winner, Best Documentary, Williamsburg Independent Film Festival 2018
Amá (Raindog Films), 73 mins (2018) – Editor
Destination Unknown (Dartmouth Films), 81 mins (2017) – Director & Editor
- Nominated for Best Historical Documentary, Grierson Awards 2017
- One of The Guardian’s documentaries of the year 2017
The Island and the Whales (Intrepid Cinema), 78 mins – Editor
Speed Sisters (SocDoc Studios), 75 mins – Consulting Producer
Growing up Down’s (Maverick TV), 60 mins (2014) – Story Producer
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (Kali Films), 60 mins (2013) – Editorial Consultant
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (Passion Pictures), 98 mins (2012) – Editor
Up in Smoke (Notion Pictures), 72 mins (2011) – Producer & Editor
- First Prize, Festival delle Terre Film Festival 2012
- Prix d’argent, Millennium International Doc Festival 2012
- Winner, Deauville Green Awards Film Festival 2012
- Prix Buffon, Paris Science International Film Festival 2011
- Nominated, Green Award, Cinema for Peace Gala Berlin 2012
Guilty Pleasures (Bungalow Town Productions), 86 mins (2010) – Editor
- Nominated for Most Entertaining Documentary, Grierson Awards 2011
- Best Documentary Feature Award, Sidewalk Film Festival 2011
- Special Jury Award, Mendocino Film Festival 2011
The End of the Line (Arcane Productions/Dartmouth Films), 85 mins (2009) – Editor
- Winner, PUMA.Creative Social Impact Award 2011
- Nominated for Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2009
- Nominated for Best Documentary, British Independent Film Awards 2009
The Beatles in Help! (Apple Corps Ltd), 30 mins (2007) – Director & Editor
- 5 x Platinum selling DVD
Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends (Apple Corps Ltd), 50 mins (2005) – Director & Editor
- 5 x Platinum selling DVD
Concert for George (Radical Media/Warner Music), 147 mins (2003) – Editor
- Winner of Grammy Award for Best Music Documentary 2005
- 5 x Platinum selling DVD
Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (Lafayette Films), 93 mins (2003) – Editor
- Winner of Amnesty International-DOEN Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2003
- Best Documentary – Special Jury Mention, Tribeca Film Festival 2003
- Nominated for Best Documentary, Grierson Awards 2004
- Nominated for Best British Documentary, British Independent Film Awards 2004
- Nominated for Best Documentary Award, European Film Awards 2004
- Nominated for Best Feature Documentary, International Documentaty Association Awards 2004
Links
Masterclass on editing at London’s Bertha DocHouse
Interview with Claire about the making of Destination Unknown
National Film and Television School, Editing (Masters)
Press for Destination Unknown
Nominated for 2017 Grierson Award, Best Historical Documentary
One of Peter Bradshaw’s 10 best documentaries of 2017
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Powerful”, The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Profoundly moving”, Flickering Myth
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Gripping”, The Times
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Heartbreaking”, Independent
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Extraordinary stories of survival, hope and endurance”, Express
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Powerful”, Sunday Times
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Powerful, unremitting”, Financial Times
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Powerful”, Time Out
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Deeply moving”, Radio Times
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Unforgettable”, Top 10 Films
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Harrowing”, Filmuforia
⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Life affirming, riveting”, Mature Times
“Harrowing”, New York Times
“Accomplished and heartrending”, Variety
“Essential”, Hollywood Reporter
“A vivid portrait”, LA Times
“Far-reaching”, Sight & Sound “Might be the best documentary about the Holocaust”, Red Carpet Crash