Age: 57
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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 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 (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 one-night 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cate Shortland
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for Director in Black Widow: Forever Red
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Natasha Romanoff is currently dead after the sacrificed herself to help Clint Barton to get the Soul Stone. Now, Yelena Belova, Natasha's sister, decides to continue her sister's legacy, thus Becoming the New Black Widow. After being convinced by Clint & Kate Bishop that her sister's death was a self-sacrifice, Yelena made peace with Them. One Day, 4 familiar faces showed up in front of Yelena. It's Alexei Romanoff, Natasha's long-lost younger brother who knows her past, Nick Fury, Jr., Nick fury's estranged son and a former S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, Ava Orlova, a superhero with a Red Widow persona who knew Natasha & Yelena when they were kids, and Another former shield agent, who is Rick Mason's brother, Steve Mason. Together, alongside with Hawkeye & the rest of the family and alongside with Bucky Barnes / The Winter Soldier, they must embark on a journey to an another red room located in Kazan, led by Dreykov's Brother, Ivan, while also dealing with another Supervillain, Anthony Masters / Taskmaster.
