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Clare Major

CameraLafayette, Louisiana, USA
About

Clare Major is a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker based in Oakland, California, who specializes in handheld observational camerawork and in stories that illuminate the intersection of cultures and the lives of women and girls. Clare's work has played at festivals around the world and appeared on HBO, PBS, the Discovery Channel, Netflix and the New York Times, among many others. Her recent documentary work includes roles as Cinematographer on Belly of the Beast (Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2020; Peabody Award Nominee 2021; Emmy winner 2021), which exposes a pattern of illegal sterilizations in California women's prisons; Cinematographer for the Oscar-shortlisted short documentary Holding Moses (SFFILM Festival 2022), which tells the raw and emotional parenthood journey of Randi, a queer, non-binary dancer, and Moses, her disabled son; Cinematographer on The Ants & The Grass…

Filmography
Lesbian Custody
Lesbian Custody2025 · Director of Photography
Thanks, Babs!
Thanks, Babs!2025 · Director of Photography
OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage
OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage2024 · Director, Producer
The Riot Report
The Riot Report2023 · Cinematography
Birthing Justice
Birthing Justice2023 · Director of Photography
In the Bones
In the Bones2022 · Director of Photography
Ahead of the Curve
Ahead of the Curve2021 · Director of Photography
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir2021 · Additional Photography
Belly of the Beast
Belly of the Beast2020 · Director of Photography
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019 · Director of Photography
World's Biggest Great White?
World's Biggest Great White?2019 · Director of Photography
We Are the Radical Monarchs
We Are the Radical Monarchs2019 · Director of Photography
The Meme Machine
The Meme Machine2016 · Director of Photography
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