Cate Shortland

Cate Shortland born 10 August 1968 is an Australian director and screenwriter She received international acclaim for her 2004 romantic drama film Somersault her 2012 historical drama film Lore and her 2017 psychological thriller film Berlin Syndrome She is best known for directing the 2021 superhero film Black Widow Shortland was born in Temora New South Wales She graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School where she received the Southern Star Award for most promising student Shortland has created several awardwinning short films Strap on Olympia 1995 Pentuphouse 1998 Flower Girl 2000 and Joy 2000 She spent three years directing episodes of the Network Ten television series The Secret Life of Us In 2004 Shortland released her debut featurelength film Somersault 2004 which was entered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival She directed the Australian television film The Silence Her second feature Lore had its Australian premiere at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival It won at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2012 the Prix du Public UBS In November the film won the Bronze Horse for best film at the Stockholm International Film Festival The film was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist In 2015 Shortland announced she was working on a third feature film Berlin Syndrome Based on the book of the same name by Melanie Joosten the film starred Teresa Palmer as an Australian photojournalist who becomes imprisoned in the apartment of a man with whom she has a onenight stand The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival In July 2018 Shortland was announced as the director of the 2021 Black Widow film for Marvel Studios Shortland is a convert to Judaism She married filmmaker Tony Krawitz in 2009 and they have two children Description above from the Wikipedia article Cate Shortland licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia