Clara studied anthropology, video and film at the University of Vienna, in Mexico City as well as at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology in Manchester. She has since filmed documentaries around the world, from Moldavia to Brazil. For the past four years, she has been living and working in Poland, teaching film and photography, has recently finished the documentary film course at the Wajda Film School and is now directing a film project in co-production with the Polish Film Institute.