Biography
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 promi...
Complete Filmography
Black Widow
2021
Director
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursue...
Berlin Syndrome
2017
Director, Additional Writing
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment ...
Lore
2012
Director, Screenplay
After being abandoned by their Nazi parents at the end of World War II, five German siblings embark on a harrowing journey across their war-torn count...
Netherland Dwarf
2008
Thanks
Harry really wants a rabbit. Harry's Dad really wants his wife back. And somehow in the middle of all this wanting, they both seem to have forgotten t...
The Silence
2006
Director
A police officer reassigned to curate a photography exhibition finds links between a series of murders.
Somersault
2004
Screenplay, Director
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, He...
Joy
2000
Director, Writer
An adolescent girl's journey of self-discovery set in the garish twilight world of Sydney's late night shopping malls and rooftops.
Flowergirl
1999
Director, Screenplay
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...
In the Winter Dark
1998
Assistant Director Trainee
Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an abandoned woman.
Pentuphouse
1998
Writer, Director
Della, a 45-year-old wanna-be, coulda-been jazz singer and her lover, Dale, a 23 year old small time criminal, are in the final stages of their dysfun...
Strap on Olympia
1995
Director, Screenplay
Olympia's journey continues. Men expect youth, beautiful bodies and sex partners from women. Thinking this, Olympia takes advantage of her young and b...