Claire Oakley (born 1985)[1] is a British film director and screenwriter.

[2] Oakley was raised in Hammersmith, West London and later studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, where she first developed an interest in film.

Her first feature film Make Up was released in 2020[5] to critical acclaim; on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 43 critics gave the film a positive review, with Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph writing "as poetically teasing as it is psychologically precise, Make Up signals the arrival of an exciting new talent".

[6][7] In 2023, she made her small-screen directorial debut with three episodes of the Disney+ heist crime thriller Culprits, starring Gemma Arterton and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.

[8][9][10] Oakley is currently working on a second feature film, adapted from the novel English Animals.