Claire Sanford

Claire Sanford is a Canadian film director and cinematographer based in Montreal, Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her 2022 short documentary film Violet Gave Willingly, which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022,[2] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[3]

Originally from Texada Island in British Columbia,[1] she studied film at Simon Fraser University. She has directed a number of short films, including Lily (2009), Rheo (2014), What Should Be Heard Not Seen (2018) and Texada (2023).[1]

Her cinematography credits have included the feature documentary films Fanny: The Right to Rock (2021),[4] for which she was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022,[5] and Curl Power (2024).

  1. ^ a b c Tanya Hill, "Film puts qathet region Northern Gulf Island in spotlight". Coast Reporter, November 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View, December 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.
  4. ^ Leanne Delap, "Fanny: Pioneering 1970s Female Rock Band Finally Gets Their Due in New Doc ‘Fanny: The Right to Rock’". Zoomer, April 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Stéphanie Nolin, "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur". Showbizz, June 5, 2022.