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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.
[Origins, Takes place before Gotham Knight] [Stylish, Crime, Revenge, Thriller] At a young age, Selina Kyle had been living on the streets. She was constantly abused, insulted and even spat at since her parents were killled. She lost her parents when she was 14. After their death, She bonded with many street cats and soon becomes a trained thief/cat burglar trying to make a living so she could survive and buy food and necessities. Aged 17, Selina soon meets Billionaire Orphan Bruce Wayne (16 years old) and the pair bond (she'll also meet Alfred). When she discovers that Sal Maroni was involved with the murder of her parents. Selina donning the name Catwoman (wearing a stylish feline suit she made), she makes her move to kill Maroni. Meanwhile, a young girl who has the ability to minipulate plantlife arrives in Gotham City.
