Cate Shortland Biography

Awards

• 2000Special Recognition-: winner
• 2000AFI Award-Best Short Fiction Film: nominated
• 2000Main Prize-: winner
• 2004AFI Award-Best Direction: winner
• 2004AFI Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
• 2004Awgie Award-Feature Film - Original: winner
• 2004Major Award-: winner
• 2004Golden Camera-: nominated
• 2004Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2004FCCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2004FCCA Award-Best Screenplay - Original: nominated
• 2004IF Award-Best Script: winner
• 2004IF Award-Best Direction: winner
• 2004IF Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2004Kingfisher Award-: winner
• 2004Tokyo Grand Prix-: nominated
• 2005ASDA Award-Best Direction of a First Feature Film: winner
• 2005Cowboy Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2005Cowboy Award-Best Director: winner
• 2005Special Mention-Best Dramatic Feature - World Cinema Competition: winner
• 2005Special Jury Award-Dramatic Features - World Cinema Competition: winner
• 2012Black Pearl Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2012APFF Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2012Awgie Award-Television Mini-Series - Adaptation: winner
• 2012Best Film-: nominated
• 2012Critics Award-: winner
• 2012Golden Starfish Award-Narrative Feature: winner
• 2012Jeremy Nussbaum Prize for Provocative Fiction-: winner
• 2012Hessian Film Award-Feature Film (Spielfilm): winner
• 2012Audience Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2012Variety Piazza Grande Award-: nominated
• 2012Audience Award-: winner
• 2012Bronze Horse-Best Film: winner
• 2012Sydney Film Prize-: nominated
• 2012The Best Director Award-: winner
• 2012Pilar Miró Award-Best New Director: winner
• 2012Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 2013AACTA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
• 2013AACTA Award-Best Direction: nominated
• 2013ADG Award-Best Direction in a Feature Film: winner
• 2013AFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2013AFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2013Awgie Award-Feature Film - Adaptation: winner
• 2013Tiantan Award-Best Director: winner
• 2013Tiantan Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2013Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2013FCCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2013FCCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2013Breaking Waves Award-: winner
• 2013Aurora Award-: winner
• 2014Awgie Award-Television - Mini-Series - Original: nominated
• 2015Awgie Award-Television Mini Series Original: winner
• 2015Awgie Award-Television Mini Series Original: nominated
• 2017AACTA Award-Best Direction: nominated
• 2017Grand Jury Prize-Narrative Feature Competition: nominated
• 2017Film and Literature Award-: nominated
• 2017Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Dramatic: nominated
• 2018AFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2022ADG Award-Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over): nominated
• 2022Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: nominated