Sue Clayton
Directing
Biography
Sue Clayton is a UK film director, writer and activist, best known for her work on the rights of refugee children. Her documentary films have been cited as evidence in UK court cases involving asylum seekers.
Known For

A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
The Disappearance of Finbar

Ann (Kerry Walker) cleans for a living. She confronts problems like a vacuum cleaner sucks up dirt from the carpet. She shares everything she has with her two moody children (Noah Taylor, Sarah Hooper) and her equally erratic neighbours. She also shares everything her rich and constantly out-of-town employers have. While Ann vacuums her clients’ penthouses, her friends enjoy the million dollar views, luxury appointments, home gyms, cocktails by the pool - the things they have always wanted, but could never in their wildest dreams afford.
The Last Crop
A romantic and moody 35 mm cinema short shot in Canada with Tom McCamus, about a lone guy wandering in the backwoods, who meets and falls in love with a Cajun singer. Based on a short story by Annie Proulx (author of The Shipping News).
Heart Songs

Song tells the story of the women who worked in Victorian London's clothing sweatshops, eschewing a conventional narrative in favour of a series of still photographs and acted reconstructions to show that this story has been rewritten/written-over many times before.
The Song of the Shirt
A 1983 film for Channel Four’s Visions, featuring interviews about the impact of Godard of British filmmakers and critics.
Godard: History: Passion
When the Calais Jungle was taken down in 2016, 2000 lone refugee children were left abandoned. What happened to them next? Sue Clayton takes on the fight to get then to safety.
Calais Children: a Case to Answer

15 peaceful protesters in March 2017 put up a banner airport-side at Stansted Airport to contest a deportation flight, on which they knew were people whose cases had not been heard, or resolved, and who faced extreme danger on return. What happened next is truly shocking, and should concern us all.