Claire Fowler
Filmmaker and writer from North WalesBBC Film network Interview
Education
2008-2011 Columbia University MFA Film2004 Royal College of Art
2001 Oxford University (1st Class BA Hons Fine Art)
1998 Chelsea College of Art
Awards
2010 PEO International Peace Scholarship2010 Moving Picture Institute Internship Grant
2009 Academy Foundation Internship Grant
2009 PEO International Peace Scholarship
2008 Fulbright Scholar, Columbia University, New York, USA (Film)
2008 SWS Bursary to attend Berlinale Film Festival as delegate
2008 Palestine Children's Relief Fund Grant for film
2007 British Council Travel Grant to Iran
2006 Arts Council of England Grant
2005 Arts Council of England Grant
2003 Paul Reilly Memorial Travel Scholarship to Iceland
Professional Commissions include
Atlantic RecordsPalestine Children's Relief Fund
Emmy award winning channel Current TV
Experience filming in UK, USA, France, Germany, Palestine, Israel and Iran
Selected Screenings include
2010 London Palestine Film Festival2009 Interieurs Visual Art Center of Lille, France
2009 London Palestine Film Festival
2008 Sheffield International Docfest, UK
2008 War & Peace SW Moving Image Touring Exhibition, UK
2008 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival London & New York
2007 War & Peace SW Moving Image Touring Exhibition, UK
2007 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands
2007 Sheffield International Docfest, UK
2007 Chicago Palestine Film Festival USA
2007 Curtocircuito International Art Film Festival, Spain
2007 Boston Palestine Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, USA
2007 Tehran International Documentary Film Festival, Iran
2006 Rencontres Internationales touring exhibition Paris, Berlin, Madrid
2006 Chlotrudis Short Film Festival, Boston USA
2006 Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2006 Cube Cinema Bristol UK
2005 Rooftop Films New York, USA
Awarded Special Mention at the 2007 Forli International Film Festival Italy
Nominated Best Short Chlotrudis Short Film festival, Boston, USA
Residencies
2006 EU Pepinieres Europeenes Pour Jeunes Artistes, France2006 Berlinale Festival Talent Campus Screenwriting
Publications
2008 Writer for Comment is Free Guardian, UK2007 Writer and reviewer for DFG website
2006 Issue 29 Filmwaves Autumn - Interview with Carine Adler Director "Under the skin"
2005 Issue 28 Filmwaves Spring - Interview Lucile Hadzihalilovic
2004 George Hanson Critical Forum Publication, RCA
2004 ARC Issue 2