Portrait of Sue Clayton

Sue Clayton is a British feature film writer and director.

She directed the widely-acclaimed cinema movie THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FINBAR with hot new star Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Bend it Like Beckham, Vanity Fair); THE LAST CROP starring Kerry Walker (The Piano) and Noah Taylor (Shine) and the British Academy nominated short HEART SONGS starring Tom McCamus for which she composed the music.

The Last Crop Poster
The Dissapearance of Finbar Poster

Heart Songs Poster

She has also made a number of innovative documentaries, and continues to work as also a travel writer and composer.

She was chosen from 600 new European directors to have her work showcased in New York and Hollywood (First Film Foundation/Panavision awards).

Her rise to success was the subject of a TV documentary (Upstarts, Channel 4, August 1999.)

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF FINBAR DVD (with lots of music, extras and interviews with Sue and Johnny Rhys Meyers) is released on the VCI Cinema Club label.
You can see clips and order copies of the DVD on these sites:

 

Current projects in development as writer/director:

THE HEART SUTRA: Feature film, with Donald Ranvaud (Producer: City of God, Farewell my Concubine).

THE LOST GIRL: Adapted from the novel by DH Lawrence.

GREEDY MOUTH: Teenage angst in Manchester and Las Vegas.

*** NEWS: Sue Clayton has recently given Film Masterclasses in London, Belize and Indonesia

*** More of her travel writing has been published in the Guardian and Financial Times

***NEWS: Sue wishes to pay tribute to Ole Berge Drægni, with whom she created the original Nordic Mountain Film Festival, www.nordicmountainfilm.com.
He died in the Asian Tsunami on 26th December 2004.

Filming in the Artic

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Fax: +44 20 7836 9543   Fax: +1 310 246 4424
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