Born in Santiago, Chile, Claudia graduated from Montreal's Concordia University in 1991 with an award for outstanding achievement in the film program. Since then she has produced and directed several shorts which have been awarded in international film festivals, including the Berlin Teddy in 1996 for her film "Unbound." In 2000 she completed the Directors in Residencey program at the Canadian Film Centre, where she directed the short film "Martirio (Sufferance.)" She resides in Vancouver where she is in development on her first feature film.

Born in Santiago, Chile, Claudia Morgado Escanilla graduated from Montreal’s Concordia University in 1991 with an award for outstanding achievement in the film program. Since then she has produced, written and directed eleven short films. Her films have been awarded in international film festivals including the Berlin Teddy in 1996 for her film UNBOUNDand the Audience Award at the Creteil Women’s film festival for her film SABOR A MI. In 2000 she completed the Director’s in Residency program at The Canadian Film Centre where she directed the short film MARTIRIO (SUFFERENCE). In 2002, she produced and directed BITTEN which garnished three awards at The New York Film and Video Festival 2003. She resides in Vancouver where she has worked professionally for fifteen years in the local film industry. She is in development of her first feature script, In Patagonia, originally funded by the Telefilm Canada Screenwriter’s assistant Program.