Cate Shortland

Cate Shortland
Date of Birth: 10 Aug 1968
Country: Australia
Total Credits at Criticker: 7 (Director), 6 (Writer)
Biography submitted by ehk2
Titles you haven't rated - Director (7) | Writer (6)
Somersault
An erotic, lyrical depiction of a young girl's sexual awakening, Somersault is a breakthrough debut for both its director and its star. (Magnolia Pictures)
Joy
Joy (2000) - Short Film
Joy lives with her family in Australia. We follow her as she hangs out at the mall with her friends, shoplift for fun, kiss boys and tease them sexually, get into fights etc before eventually coming home to an angry home. All the time we see her go through a range of emotions while putdowns and comments from her and her parents scroll across the screen in bold writing. (imdb)
Lore
In spring 1945, the German army collapses. As the Allied forces sweep across the Motherland, five children embark on a journey which will challenge every notion we have of family, love and friendship. (imdb)
+17
The Silence
A cop haunted by an accidental killing begins looking into a murder case that's nearly 40 years old. (A cop haunted by an accidental killing begins looking into a murder case that's nearly 40 years old)
Flower Girl
Flower Girl (1999) - Short Film
Daisuke, Hana and Tetsu are three young Japanese sharing an apartment at Bondi Beach in Sydney. After a year of carefree living, Daisuke has to return to Osaka to work in his father's butcher shop. He is secretly in love with his flatmate Hana. A lyrical vignette of final days and home videos. (Vimeo)
Berlin Syndrome
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship, when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
+3
Black Widow
A film about Natasha Romanoff in her quests between the films Civil War and Infinity War. (imdb)
+3