Claire Handley is a Belfast-based screenwriter with a passion for bold, female-focused comedy about complicated women, messy relationships and the modern world.

In 2025/2026 Claire was selected for the Channel 4 New Writers Scheme, WFTV Mentoring Programme and Northern Ireland Screen’s New Writer Focus, and was a shadow script editor on Greenlight. She was also shortlisted for the BBC Comedy Collective.

Her short film SEEN received funding from Northern Ireland Screen, with Claire set to direct. She has an MA in Writing for Script & Screen from Falmouth University and an extensive background in children’s television as a writer, producer and development producer.