Clare Kilner

English film director

Clare Kilner
Occupation	Director
Years active	1993–present

Clare Kilner is an English film and television director.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In film, she is best known for directing How to Deal (2003) and The Wedding Date (2005).^[4] On television, Kilmer has directed episodes of Eastenders and House of the Dragon.^[5]^[6]^[7] For the latter, she directed the episodes King of the Narrow Sea, We Light the Way, The Green Council, and Rhaenyra the Cruel, all of which were critically acclaimed.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Saplings	Short Film
1994	Half Day	Short Film
1994	The Secret	Short Film; also writer
1995	Symbiosis	Short Film
1997	Daphne & Apollo	Short Film
1999	Janice Beard	Also writer
2003	How to Deal
2004	Something Borrowed
2005	The Wedding Date
2009	American Virgin	Independent Film
2011	Child P.O.W.	Independent Film

TV


Year	Title	Notes
1997–1998	EastEnders	5 episodes^[10]
2015	The Middle	1 episode: "A Quarry Story"
2016–2018	Delicious	4 episodes
2017	Good Behavior	1 episode: "Because I'm Mrs. Claus"
2018–2019	Claws	2 episodes
2019	Pennyworth	1 episode: "Julie Christie"
2019	Krypton	1 episode: "Mercy"
2019	Trinkets	2 episodes
2019	Sneaky Pete	2 episodes
2020	The Alienist	3 episodes
2021	The Mosquito Coast	1 episode: "The Glass Sandwich"
2021	Debris	1 episode: "Spaceman"
2021	Snowpiercer	2 episodes
2022–2024	House of the Dragon	5 episodes; also co-executive producer
2023	Gen V	1 episode: "Welcome to the Monster Club"
2024	Fallout	2 episodes

References

^ "Clare Kilner". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ Hibberd, James (18 October 2022). "'House of the Dragon' Producer Baffled Daemon Targaryen Has Become an "Internet Boyfriend"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "House of the Dragon viewers praise female director for filming sex scenes properly". Tyla. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ Team, The Deadline (15 April 2011). "'Gideon's Gift' Finds Helmer As 7 Star Pictures Ramps Up". Deadline. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ Shrishty (17 October 2022). "'House of the Dragon': Director Clare Kilner Explains the Power Dynamics After Viserys' Death". Collider. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ Jessop, Vicky (18 October 2022). "Meet the director who changed how sex was shot on House of the Dragon". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "House of the Dragon: How That 'Intrusive and Invasive' Foot Fetish Scene Came to Be". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ LEFFERTS, BROOKE; CIDONI LENNOX, MIKE (18 August 2022). "More dragons, and diversity, in the prequel to 'Game of Thrones'". Los Angeles Times en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ Hibberd, James (17 October 2022). "'House of the Dragon' Episode 9 Writer, Director Break Down Eve Best's Epic Scene". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Huddleston, Tom (12 September 2022). "House of the Dragon recap: episode four – sex and laughs return to Westeros at last". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 April 2023.