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Cate Shortland

(1968) Film Director

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Cate Shortland is a film director.

Quick Facts About Cate Shortland

Born: August 10, 1968
Profession: Film Director

About Cate Shortland

[Wikidata] Australian film and television writer and director... | [Wikipedia] Cate Shortland 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 Wido

Quotes by Cate Shortland

I'm a really judgmental person, and it just dumbs everything down. It doesn't create any room for interrogation or investigation.

Interrogation

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I studied fascism when I was at university. My husband's family are German Jews. I'm very close to his grandma and she…

Berlin

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It's so easy to say "evil Nazi monsters," but as soon as we do that, we take away the fact that it…

Children

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I feel like I need just to keep trying to make the work for the right reasons. I think part of that…

Feels

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Try and withhold your judgment, because as soon as you think you know something, you're shutting down.

Judgment

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The biggest challenge was to make sure that we are looking at things honestly and truthfully. We weren't making an apologist film.…

Challenges

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Kathryn Bigelow is a really good example of somebody that has maintained her truth and she makes the films she wants to…

Carnage

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Every film you do, you always look at it and you think, "I could do better," but I'm never going to tell…

Cinema

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