Editing Cate Shortland

{{short description|Australian film and television writer and director}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Cate Shortland
| image        = Cate_Shortland by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Shortland at the 2019 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]
| birth_name   = Catherine Shortland
| other names  = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|8|10}}
| birth_place  = [[Temora, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
| occupation   = Director, screenwriter
| years_active = 
| spouse       = {{Marriage|Tony Krawitz|2009}}
| children     = 2
| website      = 
}}

'''Cate Shortland''' (born 10 August 1968) is an Australian director and screenwriter. She received international acclaim for her 2004 romantic drama film ''[[Somersault (film)|Somersault]]'', her 2012 historical drama film ''[[Lore (film)|Lore]]'', and her 2017 psychological thriller film ''[[Berlin Syndrome (film)|Berlin Syndrome]]''. She is best known for directing the 2021 superhero film ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''.

==Early life==
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.

==Career==
Shortland has created several award-winning 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 feature-length film, ''[[Somersault (film)|Somersault]]'' (2004), which was entered in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4199808/year/2004.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Somersault |access-date=3 December 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> She directed the Australian television film ''[[The Silence (2006 film)|The Silence]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/the-silence-2005/20975?stxt=the%20silence&yend=2018|title=The Silence|publisher=Screen Australia}}</ref>

Her second feature, ''[[Lore (film)|Lore]]'', had its Australian premiere at the 2012 [[Sydney Film Festival]].<ref>[http://sff.org.au/public/films/program/films-a-z/lore/ "Lore", ''Sydney Film Festival 2012''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815184926/http://sff.org.au/public/films/program/films-a-z/lore/ |date=15 August 2012 }} accessed 9 June 2012</ref> 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 [[2012 Stockholm International Film Festival|Stockholm International Film Festival]]. The film was selected as the Australian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Oscar]] at the [[85th Academy Awards]], but it did not make the final shortlist.<ref name="Oscars">{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com.au/culture/art/australian+film+lore+up+for+an+oscar,19719|title=Australian film Lore up for an Oscar|access-date=7 September 2012|work=Vogue|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909013815/http://www.vogue.com.au/culture/art/australian+film+lore+up+for+an+oscar,19719|archive-date=9 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rohter|first=Larry|title=Viewing the Nazis Through Their Children's Eyes|url=http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/viewing-the-nazis-through-their-childrens-eyes/|newspaper=The New York Times|date=4 February 2013}}</ref>

In 2015, Shortland announced she was working on a third feature film, ''[[Berlin Syndrome (film)|Berlin Syndrome]]''. Based on the book of the same name by Melanie Joosten, the film starred [[Teresa Palmer]] as an [[Australians|Australian]] photojournalist who becomes imprisoned in the apartment of a man with whom she has a one-night stand.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jagernauth|first1=Kevin|title=Teresa Palmer To Lead Cate Shortland's 'Berlin Syndrome'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/teresa-palmer-to-lead-cate-shortlands-berlin-syndrome-20150515|access-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019234038/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/teresa-palmer-to-lead-cate-shortlands-berlin-syndrome-20150515|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film premiered at the 2017 [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|title=Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2017 Competition, Next Lineups|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2017-movies-lineup-dramatic-competition-next-documentary-1201929581/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=30 November 2016|access-date=1 December 2016}}</ref>

In July 2018, Shortland was announced as the director of the 2021 ''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''  film for [[Marvel Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/black-widow-movie-be-directed-by-cate-shortland-1126708|title='Black Widow' Movie Finds Director in Cate Shortland (Exclusive)|last=Kit|first=Borys|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=12 July 2018|access-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713013222/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/black-widow-movie-be-directed-by-cate-shortland-1126708|archive-date=13 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Shortland is a [[Conversion to Judaism|convert]] to Judaism.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/staring-at-the-scars-20120907-25izf.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Staring at the scars | date=7 September 2012 | access-date=1 November 2012 | archive-date=3 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203123032/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/staring-at-the-scars-20120907-25izf.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> She married filmmaker Tony Krawitz in 2009,<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=George|first1=Sandy|title=Take Two: Cate Shortland and Tony Krawitz|url=http://if.com.au/2012/09/21/article/Take-Two-Cate-Shortland-and-Tony-Krawitz/WHHEDPDDMI.html|magazine=[[If Magazine]]|date=21 September 2012|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212000519/http://if.com.au/2012/09/21/article/Take-Two-Cate-Shortland-and-Tony-Krawitz/WHHEDPDDMI.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and they have two children.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Tinkham|first1=Chris|title=Cate Shortland Building From the Details|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/cate_shortland/|magazine=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|date=22 March 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Writer
|-
|1998
|''Pentuphouse''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|1999
|''Flowergirl''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2000
|''Joy''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|}

'''Feature film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Writer
|-
|2004
|''[[Somersault (film)|Somersault]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2012
|''[[Lore (film)|Lore]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|2017
|''[[Berlin Syndrome (film)|Berlin Syndrome]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{Partial|Additional}}
|-
|2021
|''[[Black Widow (2021 film)|Black Widow]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|}

'''Television'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! width="65"| Director
! width="65"| Writer
! Notes
|-
|2001–2003
|''[[The Secret Life of Us]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|10 episodes
|-
|2002–2003
|''[[Bad Cop, Bad Cop]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|4 episodes
|- 
|2006
|''[[The Silence (2006 film)|The Silence]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|TV movie
|-
|2012
|''[[The Slap (Australian TV series)|The Slap]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Episode "Rosie"
|-
|2014
|''[[Devil's Playground (TV series)|Devil's Playground]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Episode "The Whirlwind and the Storm"
|-
|2015
|''[[Deadline Gallipoli]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Episode 2
|-
|2016
|''[[The Kettering Incident]]''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|Teleplay for episode "The Search"<br>Additional material for episode "The Mill"
|-
|2019
|''[[SMILF]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|4 episodes
|-
|2024
|''[[Three Women (TV series)|Three Women]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|Episode 4: "Maggie"
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Notes
|-
|2004
|''[[Somersault (film)|Somersault]]''
|[[AACTA Award for Best Direction]]<br>[[AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay]]<br>[[AWGIE Awards|AWGIE Award]] for Best Writing in a Feature Film - Original<br>[[Film Critics Circle of Australia|FCCA Award]] for Best Director<br>[[Inside Film Awards|Inside Film Award]] for Best Feature Film<br>[[Inside Film Awards|Inside Film Award]] for Best Direction<br>[[Inside Film Awards|Inside Film Award]] for Best Script<br>[[Ljubljana International Film Festival]] Kingfisher Award<br>[[Miami International Film Festival]] Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director<br>[[Miami International Film Festival]] Special Mention Breakthrough Award<br>Nominated — [[Cannes Film Festival]] - Golden Camera<br>Nominated — [[Cannes Film Festival]] - Un Certain Regard Award<br>Nominated — [[Film Critics Circle of Australia|FCCA Award]] for Best Original Screenplay<br>Nominated — [[Tokyo International Film Festival]] Grand Prix
|-
|2006
|''[[The Silence (2006 film)|The Silence]]''
|[[Australian Screen Sound Guild]] award for Best Achievement in Sound for a Tele-Feature or Mini-Series<br>Nominated — [[AACTA Awards|AFI Award]] for Best Telefeature or Mini Series<br>Nominated — the [[2007 Logie Awards]] for Silver Logie in Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie.
|-
|2012
|''[[Lore (film)|Lore]]''
|[[Abu Dhabi Film Festival]] - Black Pearl Award for Best Narrative Feature<br>[[Australian Directors Guild|ADG Award]] for Best Direction in a Feature Film<br>[[Australian Film Critics Association|AFCA Award]] for Best Director<br>[[Australian Film Critics Association|AFCA Award]] for Best Screenplay<br>[[AWGIE Awards|AWGIE Award]] for Best Writing in a Feature Film - Adapted<br>[[Beijing International Film Festival]] Tiantian Award for Best Director<br>[[Beijing College Student Film Festival]] Special Jury Award<br>[[Film Critics Circle of Australia|FCCA Award]] for Best Director<br>[[Filmfest Hamburg]] Critics Award<br>[[Hamptons International Film Festival]] - Golden Starfish Award<br>[[Locarno Festival]] - Audience Award<br>[[Stockholm International Film Festival]] - Bronze Horse for Best Film<br>[[Tromsø International Film Festival]] - Aurora Award<br>[[Seminci|Valladolid International Film Festival]] - Pilar Miró Award for Best New Director<br>Nominated — [[AACTA Award for Best Direction]]<br>Nominated — [[AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]<br>Nominated — [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] Award for Best Director<br>Nominated — [[Beijing International Film Festival]] Tiantian Award for Best Director<br>Nominated — [[BFI London Film Festival]]<br>Nominated — [[Film Critics Circle of Australia|FCCA Award]] for Best Screenplay<br>Nominated — [[Locarno Festival]] - Audience Award<br>Nominated — [[Sydney Film Festival]] Prize<br>Nominated — [[Thessaloniki International Film Festival]] - Open Horizons Award<br>Nominated — [[Seminci|Valladolid International Film Festival]] - Golden Spike for Best Film
|-
|2017
|''[[Berlin Syndrome (film)|Berlin Syndrome]]''
|Nominated — [[AACTA Award for Best Direction]]<br>Nominated — [[Dallas International Film Festival]] Grand Jury Prize - Narrative Feature Competition<br>Nominated — [[Sundance Film Festival]] Grand Jury Prize - World Cinema — Dramatic
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.hlamgt.com.au Cate Shortland's Agent]
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{{AACTA Award Best Direction 2000–2019}}
{{Cate Shortland}}

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