Claire Dix is an award winning writer and director, working in both short film and documentary TV. She has just had two short film scripts selected by RTÉ, Filmbase and the Cork Film Centre for their short film schemes and will begin pre-production later in the year.
Past awards include: 1st prize for Days of Sleep at the ’20/20/02’ music video contest (Leeds 2006), 1st prize for Days of Sleep in the Music and Dance category of Talent Circle ‘Super Shorts’ festival (London 2006) and Soundroom, a short film which Claire wrote won Best Overall Short Film at ‘Crash Festival’ (Thessaloniki, Greece 2006).
TV credits include: series director of A Taste of Home – a five part documentary series for DCTV, series director of The Tidiest of Towns broadcast on RTE 1, series director of Hands On – an RTÉ 1 magazine programme and writer/director of Molly and Mr. Milk – a short animation series for RTÉ 1.
Title: Days of Sleep Artist: All My Friends Are Dead Format:HDDV Info: 1st prize at the 20/20/02 Leeds music video competition 2006.
1st prize for in the Music and Dance category of Talent Circle Super Shorts festival in London in July 2006.
Screened at Carling Leeds/Reading music festival August 2006.
Title: Big Bug (2006) Artist: David Donohoe Format: Super 16mm Info: Screened at Super Short Festival 2006. To be screened on Propeller TV.
Title: Are You Made of Light (2004) Artist: David Donohoe Format: Super 8mm Info: Screened as part of Dublin Electronic Music Festival best independent music videos 2004.
TV
Title: An Bhfuil Cead Agam (out 2009) Description: Co-Director of this 4 part series to be broadcast on RTÉ Format: DVcam
Title: A Taste of Home (2008) Description: Series Director of this 5 part documentary series broadcast on DCTV Format: DV
Title: The Tidiest of Towns (2007) Description: 4 part documentary series broadcast on RTÉ 1 Format: Digibeta
Title: Hands On (2006) Description: Magazine programme for the Deaf broadcast on RTÉ 1 Format: Digibeta
Title: Molly and Mr. Milk (2004 – 2006) Description: Short flash animation series broadcast on RTÉ 1
Short Film
Title: Birds and Beasts (Will be in pre-production August 2008) Role: Writer/Director Duration: 8’ approx Info: Awarded funding to produce this short from RTÉ and Cork Film Centre
Title: Free Chips Forever (Will be in pre-production December 2008) Role: Writer/Director Duration: 8’ Info: Awarded funding to produce this short from RTÉ and Filmbase
