Chiara Schreder is a London based Austrian writer/director, trained in single- and multi-camera directing and a National Film and Television School alumna with an MA in Directing Television.

She is a member of Directors UK and works freelance directing and producing scripted, unscripted and branded content.

Chiara is currently in production directing the body horror short Goodbye, Cunt!, produced by Kona Film. The project was shortlisted for the “Slick Films Fund 2024”, in association with Bolton Film Festival.

Her media experience extends to live events, most recently as multi-camera director of not one but two of the annual National Film & Television School fundraising galas, hosted by Rob Brydon in 2025 and Dermot O’Leary in 2024.

Chiara also directed and co-created The Good, the Dad & the Ugly (1×25′), a TV pilot about fathers and sons reconnecting, which screened at BFI Southbank in February 2024 and was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in the Postgraduate Entertainment and Comedy Drama category in 2025.

Her film Marionette (17′), funded by the City of Vienna, about a queer sex worker, has started its run on the international festival circuit.

Chiara’s awareness campaign film Hysterical Sisters (17′), in collaboration with EndoFrance, about the chronic conditions adenomyosis & endometriosis, was awarded at international festivals and featured on the platform DIRECTOR’S NOTES.

She also had the privilege to shadow TV directors Douglas Mackinnon on BBC Studios’ and Amazon Studios’ Good Omens 2, Chantelle Kayll on ITV Studios’ Coronation Street and Ian Bevitt on ITV Studios’ Emmerdale.

Chiara studied Film and TV Production at the University of Applied Sciences Vienna and Digital Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy.

Chiara has experience in all stages of production, writing treatments, developing pitch decks and scripting for independent artists and clients.