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Claire BURTON

Locations & Logistics Manager | Production Manager

📞 +61 416 121 619

✉️ burton.claire@hotmail.com

🇦🇺 Australian

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Claire Burton is one of Western Australia's most experienced and highly regarded Locations and Production Managers, with a career spanning feature film, television series, documentaries, and high-end commercial campaigns. With a reputation for meticulous planning, calm leadership under pressure, and an exceptional ability to secure complex and challenging locations, Claire has worked with some of Australia's most respected production companies including Easy Tiger, Hoodlum, Screentime, and Newhaven Films, across content for Amazon, ABC, Stan, Foxtel, and Warner Bros.

Her screen credits include acclaimed productions such as Scrublands, The Twelve, Below, Breath, and Son of a Gun, alongside a long and distinguished track record in commercial production for major clients including Tourism WA, the Road Safety Commission, Lotterywest, Qantas, and the Department of Defence.

Claire is a trusted expert in location logistics, stakeholder negotiation, and production management. She works closely with Directors, Producers, and Heads of Department to ensure every location is secured, prepared, and managed to the highest standard, bringing precision, professionalism, and calm authority to every production she joins. As State Representative for the Australian Location Managers Guild, Claire is committed to supporting the growth of the WA screen industry and the next generation of Location Managers.

Key Skills

• Location management and complex site acquisition
• Stakeholder negotiation and council/government liaison
• Production management across documentary and television
• Location logistics, traffic management, and permits
• Budget management and scheduling
• Team leadership and on-set problem solving
• Cross-department collaboration (Directors, Production, Art)
• WA Traffic Management Accreditation · Construction White Card · First Aid & CPR

Production Value

• Currently in production on Two Birds (Stan, 2026) as Locations Manager
• Credits include multiple award-winning productions: Upright, H is for Happiness, SAS: The Search for Warriors, and The Twelve, to name a few, alongside numerous production nominations across her career
• Extensive credits across feature film, television series, and documentary
• Proven ability to secure complex, high-profile locations under pressure
• Experienced across both Locations and Production Management tracks
• Deep knowledge of WA locations, councils, and regulatory requirements
• A member of North Metropolitan TAFE Film and Television Industry Advisory Board
• State Representative, Australian Location Managers Guild
• Strong relationships across WA and national production networks

CERTIFICATIONS

• First Aid & CPR – St John Ambulance (HLTAID003, HLTAID001, HLTAOD002)
• WA Traffic Management Accreditation – AUS-BWTM & AUS-TC
• Construction White Card – WA (Card #970660)

LOCATION & PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

Location Manager — Selected Credits

Feature Films & TV Series

• Two Birds (2026) — Stan / ITV (CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION)
• The Twelve S3 (2025) — Warner Bros / Easy Tiger
• Scrublands (2025) — Stan / Easy Tiger
• The Twelve S2 (2024) — Warner Bros / Easy Tiger
• The Wilds Season 2 (Queensland) (2021) - Amazon Prime
• Below (2019) — Newhaven Films
• KGB (2019) — ABC Indigenous Comedy Series
• Small Town Hackers — Web Series
• Lift — Comedy Web Series
• A Few Less Men — Feature Film

Additional Roles

• Locations Manager - International Commercials - Lexus (2025), Suntory Blue (2025)
• Consultant - Birthright (2024, Feature Film)
• Locations Manager - Premier of WA Mark McGowan's re-election 2021 campaign
• Locations Scout — I Met a Girl (2020, Feature Film)
• Location Assistant — Upright, Foxtel (2020, WA Unit)
• Location Coordinator — Breath (Feature Film, dir. Simon Baker)
• Location Scout/Coordinator — Son of a Gun (Feature Film, starring Ewan McGregor)
• Location Scout/Production Assistant — Mad Bastards (Deadly Award, Best Film)
• Location Coordinator — The Turning (Miranda Otto, Rose Byrne, Matt Nable)

Production Manager — Documentaries & Series

• SAS: The Search for Warriors (Prospero/ABC) — AACTA Award Winner
• Flying Miners — 3 x 1hr (Screentime NSW for ABC)
• Compass, Agony Aunts, Songs of Praise, The Abbey, Hymns of Glory — ABC Sydney
• Commercials & Campaigns
• Tourism WA "Walking on a Dream" | Road Safety Commission "Every Journey"
• Cancer Council WA "Sounds Like" & "Live Lighter"
• Kailis Pearls · Lotterywest · Curtin University · Department of Defence · Bondi Sunscreen USA
• MRWA · Bankwest · HIF · Alinta Gas · McDonalds · St John Ambulance
• Qantas "Stand Alone Check-in" TVC | Office of Road Safety "No Barriers"

Production Companies

Disney · Amazon Prime · Paramount · Paramount+ · ITV · Easy Tiger · Phantom Productions · West Coast Production Services · Clockwork Films · Photoplay · Gatecrasher · Metamor Flix · Goodoil Films · Northern Pictures · Fremantle Media · Hoodlum · Thomas Street · Rare Creative · Newhaven Films · Upright Productions · Mad Kids · TBWA · King St · Open Spaces · Screentime · ABC · Prospero Productions · Revolver · Savage Films · Think Tank · Bread TV · MRG International

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