Claire Barnett is a writer-director from Little Rock, Arkansas. Her stories explore themes of identity, spirituality and collective consciousness in the American South.
Claire’s films have been exhibited in several film festivals across the United States and Europe. Her short film FREAK received a Special Mention at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival, Pardi Di Domani International Competition. Her short documentary, SUSAN AND LESLIE, screened at Slamdance Film Festival (2023) and New Orleans Film Festival (2022), and her short film HOLY WATER will premiere at the 2024 New Orleans Film Festival.
Claire received her BFA in Film from the University of Central Arkansas in 2021, and is now a thesis student at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Kanbar Institute of Film & Television Graduate Film. She is a recipient of the New York Women in Film Scholarship, the Alan Landsburg Documentary Production Award, the David Golden Scholarship, and the Steven J. Ross Fellowship.