Statement
Claudia Nye specialises in films about social issues with a personalised angle. Her work has been broadcast on the BBC, Channel 4 and other major European TV channels. Her preferred medium is digital video. Since she moved to North Yorkshire, she’s been teaching film making at the local University and College; as well as running Community Film Workshops in the area. Her latest one, being the first Interactive Film Workshop in the Region, “Barrowcliffe Storiesâ€â€¦
Private Commissions
2007
Movement Matters, Sound Matters
A RUMTREE Production for the East Riding Council and Woldgate College.
Two films about the importance of music and dance in the early years.
Community Film Projects
2006
A community Interactive Film Project co-produced by RUMTREE and CREATE; funded by Screen Yorkshire and European Fund.
“Hit on the Estateâ€
Kersti Beevers – Scarborough Evening News
(Other Community Film Projects)
2004
The More We are Together
A RUMTREE production for British Arts Council and Create.
An inter-generational community film project aimed at bridging the gap between the young and the old.
2000
Comedians
A RUMTREE production for Basics Plus.
A Silent Film Community Film Project.
Broadcast Documentaries (Director & Editor)
1997
Evita pre Madonna
A RUMTREE production for Channel Four Arts & Music
“A terrific and timely documentary… this a study of fanaticism, idolatry and cultural penetration, and also provided the sole example of human dignity in the whole eveningâ€
Lynne Truss - The Times
1996
Birth of a Salesman
A MOSAIC Pictures production for Channel Four Cutting Edge
BAFTA nominated
“This film rises beyond your everyday documentary, in a wonderful assembly of the raw material seizing on imagery, which manages to work with, undercut and bring wit to the subjectâ€
Fiona Morrow - Time Out
1995/1996
Captain Pedro and the Three Wishes
A MIRROR IMAGES/MOSAIC co-production for Channel Four Latino Nights
First Prize - Festival International de Creteil - Paris
“Narrated by the unborn child of Pedro's wife, an imaginative touch, this film opens the Latin American season qualifying on two accounts: it was made by a talented Argentinean Director, and its subject is the boat people of Cubaâ€
Peter Waymark - The Times
1994
The Worst Job in the World
A MIRROR IMAGES production for BBC 2 Picture This
“Claudia Nye's film made a fair case to be considered among the best documentaries of the yearâ€
Thomas Sutcliffe - The Independent
Short Films (Student Dissertation Film)
1990
The Final Test
INCAA – National Film Institute, Buenos Aires.
First Prize - Woman and Film Festival - Argentina 1991
Silver Carabela - Bilbao Film Festival - Spain 1991
Address details:
Lindhead Lodge
Harwood Dale
Scarborough
YO13 0DN
Tel. 44 (0)1723 871255
Email claudianye@yahoo.ca