Clare Sladden is a Meeanjin/Brisbane-based writer and director with a passion for female-driven stories. She has recently completed writing episodes on two comedy series; Sunny Nights (Jungle Entertainment & Echo Lake Entertainment US) for Stan and Good Cop / Bad Cop (Jungle Entertainment & Future Shack US) for Stan/The CW/Roku with decorated showrunner, John Quaintance where Clare was also his Staffed Writer. Her credits include NCIS: Sydney (ESA & Paramount+), Eden, (Every Cloud Productions & STAN), and Winding Road, a narrative podcast funded by Audible and Screen Queensland which she wrote, directed and co-produced. 

Clare also wrote two episodes of the Wentworth podcast (Fremantle Media & Audible). In 2020, Clare was selected for the prestigious SPA Ones to Watch program — in 2021 she was chosen as the successful participant of Screen Queensland’s ‘Bradford Winters Lab’, a program specifically designed to facilitate emerging showrunners — and in 2022, Clare was also named on Inside Film’s Rising Talent list.