Claire Sanford is a Canadian film director and cinematographer based in Montreal, Quebec.Tanya Hill, "Film puts qathet region Northern Gulf Island in spotlight". Coast Reporter, November 2, 2023. She is most noted for her 2022 short documentary film Violet Gave Willingly, which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022,Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View, December 8, 2022. and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024."BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations". Northern Stars, March 6, 2024.
Originally from Texada Island in British Columbia, she studied film at Simon Fraser University. She has directed a number of short films, including Lily (2009), Rheo (2014), What Should Be Heard Not Seen (2018) and Texada (2023).
Her cinematography credits have included the feature documentary film Fanny: The Right to Rock (2021),Leanne Delap, "Fanny: Pioneering 1970s Female Rock Band Finally Gets Their Due in New Doc ‘Fanny: The Right to Rock’". Zoomer, April 29, 2021. for which she was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022,Stéphanie Nolin, "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur". Showbizz, June 5, 2022. as well as Curl Power (2024), Larry (They/Them) (2024) and Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story (2025).
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