Chiara Schreder is a writer/director based in London and Vienna, working across film and television. Chiara is a member of Directors UK and a National Film and Television School alumna with an MA in Directing Television.

Her experience extends to live events, most recently as multi-camera director of three consecutive NFTS galas, hosted by Michael McIntyre with performances by BASTILLE in 2026, Rob Brydon in 2025 and Dermot O’Leary in 2024.

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

For the 5-year anniversary of her endometriosis awareness film Hysterical Sisters (17′), the film was screened in multiple cinemas across Austria in 2026, as part of the first Endometriosis Film Festival. The film was awarded at international festivals and featured on the platform DIRECTOR’S NOTES.

Chiara also wrote and directed Marionette (17′), a film about a queer sex worker, which was funded by the City of Vienna.

Since 2019, she has directed commercials for brands including Roku Gin and A1, as well as music videos for artists such as JOSH., Die Seer and FLUUR.

Chiara also worked as a shadow director on BBC’s/Amazon Studios’ Good Omens 2, as well as ITV Studios’ Coronation Street and Emmerdale, shadowing directors Douglas Mackinnon, Chantelle Kayll and Ian Bevitt, respectively.

Before her MA in the UK, she 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.