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Chantel Clark is a South African director and screenwriter based between Cape Town and New York. She is currently developing two feature films set in South Africa: Wit Gesigte (Pale Faces) and A Place Called Paradise.

She holds an MFA from Columbia University's Film Program and has received several grants, including the National Board of Review Student Grant and the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Thesis Film Fund Grant. Clark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Media Production and her Bachelor of Arts Honours in Television Drama from the University of Cape Town.

Clark's films explore time and collective memory, often framing fiction through historical research and playing out parallel to significant turning points in South African History. She is an ambassador for Girls in Film South Africa, a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, and a mentor for the Sunshine Cinema Spark Impact Program.