Claire Tailyour is an award winning writer and director of documentary and drama. She studied at USC School of Cinematic Arts and started her career as a self-shooting producer-director for the BBC whilst she made her own drama shorts. She was a Sundance International Scriptwriter Semi-finalist ’15, and a Semi-finalist for The Academy Awards’ Nicholl Fellowship ’08 for her feature script Turnpike.
TV & FILM AS DIRECTOR
WILD BILL 2019
42MP/Anonymous Content/Shiver/ITV – 6×60′
Second Unit Director
BELITTLED (short film) 2019
Slackwire Films. ARRI Challenge Alexa winner 2018.
Writer and Director
HOLLYOAKS 2017-2018
Lime Pictures/Channel 4 – 31×23′
Director
HOLLYOAKS 2016
Lime Pictures/Channel 4 – 1×23′
Single camera drama as part of the Directors UK scheme.
LIFE, DEATH AND CHEERLEADING 2016
BBC – 1×30′
30′ documentary for the BBC’s 100 Women season about a group of cheerleading Grandmas in Arizona.
Screened: AFI Docs and Underwire Film Festival
THE FORGOTTEN GIRLS OF DHAKA 2016
BBC – 1×30′
Self-shooting Director
Broadcast: BBC, BBC World, Newsnight and PBS.
Nominee: Best Investigative Documentary Asian Media Awards ’16.
WORKING LIVES: BERLIN 2015
BBC World News – 1×30′
Self-shooting Director
WORKING LIVES: TOKYO’S WOMEN 2015
BBC World News – 1×30′
Self-shooting Director
SINGAPORE AT 50 2015
BBC – 1×45′
RUBY’S SKIN (short film) 2013 -2014
Sundance London/Langham – 1×14′
Writer and Director
Starring: Olivia Cooke (Me & Earl & the Dying Girl), John Bowe (The Hour, Silent Witness).
Funded by Sundance London/Langham. Screened: Buffalo Film Fest ’14 (Best International Short), Eerie Horror Festival ’14 (Best Actress), London Independent Film Festival ’14, Sci Fi London Film Festival ’14.
WITNESS MONTHLY 2014
BBC – 8x 30′
Pilot episode which was then commissioned into a monthly history series.
IMPRESSIONS
Los Angeles Film Collective / WNET 13 PBS – 1×10′
February 2009
SILENCE
University of Southern California – 1×12′
January – June 2007
Fantasy horror written by Nicole Phillips (The Blacklist – Bad Robot)
Screened: St. Petersburg, Eerie Horror, Nickel Independent, Strasbourg International and First Look LA.
SELECTED PROMOS, COMMERCIALS, AND RADIO
BARCLAYS (2016)
3×1′
Short series of docu-commercials for Barclays.
LOVE LOATHE (2015)
Megan Henwood/Dharma Records
1×4′ music video
STEAMPUNK REVOLUTION (2014)
Lancia commercial – 1×6′
Commercial documentary for Lancia about urban culture in London.
WITNESS (2013-2014)
BBC – 60×4′
Flagship history and Sony award-winning radio programme commissioned into a television series. Shot in USA, Asia and Europe.
THE ADVENTURES OF MACKENZIE BLUE (2008)
Washington Square Arts/Buzz Marketing- 10×2′
Writer
Writing a web series based on the tween novels by Tina Wells. Based in Los Angeles.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER (2008)
Heineken/Low Stars – 1×4′ music video
Directing folk super group Low Stars and a large team on this $40k music video