Claire Peate

Claire Peate is a BAFTA-winning screenwriter and novelist. She has been awarded a place on the BIFA 2025 Springboard initiative, in partnership with production company Anton. Her film THE COLOUR ROOM was released in cinemas in 2021, starring Phoebe Dynevor, Matthew Goode and David Morissey, and is streamed on Sky/ NOW TV. It won BAFTA Rocliffe, and also led to a nomination for the Debut Screenwriter award (BIFA). She has two films in pre-production in the UK and US and several TV dramas optioned. Claire has had four novels published and has one currently in development. Two of her published novels were WHSmith pick of the week and she has spoken at the Hay Festival. Based in Falmouth, Claire sits on the board of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Represented by Ciara Finan at Curtis Brown for novels.