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name: "Claire Winyard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claire-winyard"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T15:53:11.837615+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Claire Winyard

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2011–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [Christiana Ebohon-Green](https://film.one/person/christiana-ebohon-green.md), [Delyth Thomas](https://film.one/person/delyth-thomas.md), [Sally Abbott](https://film.one/person/sally-abbott.md), [Thaddeus O'Sullivan](https://film.one/person/thaddeus-osullivan.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1765403

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Call the Midwife*](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Vera*](https://film.one/tv/vera.md) (72)

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## Biography

Claire Winyard is a British television director. She studied at the University of Wales and began her career at the BBC, directing studio entertainment programmes including *Top of the Pops* and *The National Lottery Live*.

Her drama credits include 23 episodes of *EastEnders* (1996–2014), multiple episodes of *Casualty* (1998–2015), *Holby City*, *Death in Paradise* (2017), *Call the Midwife* (2018), *Our Girl* (2020), *Traces* (2022) and *Vera* (2023–2025). She has also directed children's series such as *Bodger & Badger* and *Parallel 9* (1993–1994). She is married to writer Mark Billingham.

*Sources: imdb.com, ee-walford.fandom.com, podcasts.musixmatch.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Vera* (2011), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Death Valley* (2025), series, Director
- *Traces* (2019), series, Director
- *Butterfly Breath* (2019), series, Director
- *Our Girl* (2014), series, Director
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Director
- *Vera* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two* (2004), series, Director
- *Down to Earth* (2000), series, Director
- *Fish* (2000), series, Director
- *Holby City* (1999), series, Director
- *Maisie Raine* (1998), series, Director
- *Mud* (1994), series, Director
- *Parallel 9* (1992), series, Director
- *Noel's House Party* (1991), series, Director
- *Dizzy Heights* (1990), series, Director
- *Bodger and Badger* (1989), series, Director
- *London's Burning* (1986), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Director
- *Hartbeat* (1984), series, Producer
- *Brookside* (1982), series, Director

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