Sarah* Claire Wray

Sarah Claire Wray is a Black writer and director. After working as an assistant at theaters for three  years, including Schauspiel Frankfurt and Thalia Theater Hamburg, they studied directing at  the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin and graduated in 2022. During their  studies, Sarah directed at Volksbühne Berlin and Nationaltheater Mannheim. Sarah also wrote,  produced and directed the short film HDGDL, which was shown at the IFFF Cologne &  Dortmund in 2025. Sarah was part of the Writers Room of Lamin Leroy Gibba's series Black  Fruit. Writers Rooms with Studio Zentral, UFA, Netflix, Rat Pack and Wiedemann & Berg followed.  Sarah wrote scripts for the series WIR (ZDF), Schwarze Früchte (ARD) and Stationär (ARD). In  2024, Schwarze Früchte premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. In 2025, the series  is nominated for the Grimme Award. Sarah’s first feature Blaues Haus, a psychological thriller,  got funding from the MOIN film development fund in 2025.