Aislinn Clarke

Aislinn Clarke is an Irish Writer/Director. She holds the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Gold Fellowship for Women 2020. Her debut feature film The Devil’s Doorway was released in the USA by IFC Midnight in 2018. It has also been released in Brazil, Japan, the Middle East, Germany, Canada, the U.K., and Ireland. The film premiered in the Official Competition at the Seattle International Film Festival and had its European premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh, where Aislinn was nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award. The film played at many of the premier horror film festivals worldwide (Frightfest, Sitges etc).She was nominated for Screen International’s Rising Genre Star Award at Fright fest. She has been described as a “real genre talent” by noted British genre critic Kim Newman and as “one of the most brilliant directors ever” by Oscar-nominated director Lexi Alexander (The Punisher and Green Room). Her newest film, Fréwaka, will be her first horror feature in the Irish language.