Claudia Myers is a filmmaker whose work spans both fiction and documentary genres.
In 2010, Claudia produced the independent comedy Below the Beltway with Tate Donovan, Kip Pardue, Sarah Clarke, Spencer Garrett and Noah Wyle. The film won the Audience Award at the 2010 Newport Beach film festival and was acquired by Showtime. As a screenwriter, Claudia has won several awards and is a recent alumna of the Hamptons Screenwriters Lab. She has also directed two award-winning short films, including the Sundance short Buddy & Grace.
In the non-fiction realm, Claudia has worked with veterans and active duty soldiers to make several films about the military community. She produced and directed the documentary The Long Road Back, about soldiers who were severely injured in Iraq. The film won two Telly Awards, an Aurora Award, and was nominated for an Emmy. Last year, Claudia produced and directed a second documentary, Women At War, which looks at the evolution of women’s roles in the military. She also wrote and directed the interactive role-playing feature, Outside the Wire for use by the US Army, which won a 2008 Codie Award and a Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Award. The film pushes the boundaries of traditional narrative by melding fiction film, gaming, and educational training. Claudia subsequently wrote The War Inside another large-scale interactive, role-playing film that deals with the psychological impact of war and aims to build resilience in soldiers.
Claudia is currently in pre-production on her next feature Fort Bliss, which she wrote and plans to direct. The script was one of four selected for the 2011 Hamptons Screenwriters Lab and was a finalist for the 2011 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Fort Bliss grew out of Claudia’s experience working with soldiers and veterans. It tells the story of a female Army medic and single mom who returns from an extended tour in Afghanistan and finds that she must now win back the love of her five-year-old son. The producers have secured Army support for the production, which is set to begin in Spring 2012 in New Mexico.
Claudia is a professor in the Film & Media Arts division of American University’s School of Communication.
Recent Featured Work
Writer Credits
- 2010 The War Inside (feature)
- 2007 Outside the Wire (video)
- 2006 Kettle of Fish (feature)
- 2004 Anatomy of Care (video)
- 2004 The Kindness of Strangers (short)
- 2001 Buddy & Grace (short)
Director Credits
- 2007 Outside the Wire (video)
- 2006 Kettle of Fish (feature)
- 2004 The Kindness of Strangers (short)
- 2001 Buddy & Grace (short)
Director or Assistant Director Credits
- 2010 Below the Beltway (second unit director)
- 2003 A-Alike (short) (assistant director)
- 2001 Zen and the Art of Landscaping (short) (assistant director)
Editor Credits
- 2008 S Is for Sexy (video) (segment "Signage")
- 2007 Signage (short)
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