Cate Shortland
Cate Shortland (born August 10, 1968 in Temora , New South Wales , Australia ) is an Australian writer and director for television and film .
Life
Shortland graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School , where she received the Southern Star Award for Promising Student. From 2001 to 2002 she directed several episodes of the television series The Secret Life of Us on Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten . In 2004, her youth drama Somersault - How Perfume in the Air won numerous awards. Her feature film Lore , shot in Germany, is the official Australian submission for the 2013 Academy Awards in the category “Best Foreign Language Film”. In late June 2017, Shortland became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
Filmography
- Short films
- 1995: Strap on Olympia
- 1998: Pentuphouse
- 2000: Flower Girl
- 2000: Joy
- Feature films
- 2004: Somersault - Like perfume in the air (Somersault)
- 2009: The Silence (TV movie)
- 2012: Lore
- 2017: Berlin Syndrome
Awards (excerpt)
- 2004: Somersault - Like Perfume in the Air in Un Certain Regard at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival
- 2012: Lore , Prix du Public UBS of the Locarno International Film Festival
- 2012: Lore , Hessian Film Award , Best Feature Film category
- 2012: Lore , Best Young Director, 57th Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (Spain)
Web links
- Cate Shortland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adam Chitwood: Oscars Break Record with 774 New Member Invites, Including Jordan Peele & Gal Gadot In: collider.com, June 28, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shortland, Cate |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer and film and television director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Temora , New South Wales , Australia |