Cate Shortland

Director
Writer
Additional Crew

Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.

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Black Widow (2021)

Catherine Shortland is an Australian filmmaker from Temora, New South Wales who is known for directing the Marvel film Black Widow. She also directed the feature length films Somersault, Lore and Berlin Syndrome. She directed the short films Pentuphouse, Flowergirl and Joy. She is married to Tony Krawitz and had two children with him.

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Awards
- 39 wins & 24 nominations

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Rachel Weisz, Cate Shortland, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, and Florence Pugh at an event for Black Widow (2021)

Rachel Weisz, Kevin Feige, Scarlett Johansson, Cate Shortland, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, and Florence Pugh at an event for Black Widow (2021)

Cate Shortland, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, and Florence Pugh at an event for Black Widow (2021)

Known for:

Lore

7.1

Director

2012

Somersault

6.7

Director

2004

Berlin Syndrome

6.3

Director

2017

Black Widow

6.7

Director(directed by)

2021

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Director

Black Widow
- Director (directed by)
- 2021
SMILF
- Director
- TV Series
- 2019
Berlin Syndrome
- Director
- 2017
Lore
- Director
- 2012
The Silence
- Director
- TV Movie
- 2006
Somersault
- Director
- 2004
The Secret Life of Us
- Director
- TV Series
- 2001–2003
Bad Cop, Bad Cop
- Director
- TV Mini Series
- 2002–2003
Joy
- Director
- Short
- 2000
Flowergirl
- Director
- Short
- 1999
Pentuphouse
- Director
- Short
- 1998

Writer

Berlin Syndrome
- additional material
- 2017
The Kettering Incident
- additional material
- written by
- TV Mini Series
- 2016
Deadline Gallipoli
- written by
- TV Mini Series
- 2015
Devil's Playground
- written by
- TV Mini Series
- 2014
Lore
- written by
- 2012
The Slap
- series writer
- written by
- TV Mini Series
- 2011
Somersault
- written by
- 2004
Joy
- written by
- Short
- 2000
Flowergirl
- written by
- Short
- 1999
Pentuphouse
- written by
- Short
- 1998

Additional Crew

Trivia
Grew up in Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Quotes
Fairy tales have an awful underlying violence to them. I think women relate to them because walking through the streets at night, you often feel scared. In fairy tales women are always pursued, or they're lost and they have to be rescued. They have this real erotic, dark element that was really influential when we looked at the film. It wasn't on the page, it was something we created.