FILM DIRECTOR

Cate Shortland

1968 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cate Shortland has received more than 871,646 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Cate Shortland is the 1,856th most popular film director (down from 1,423rd in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from Australia (down from 321st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Australian Film Director.

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  • 870k

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  • 36.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Cate Shortland ranks 1,856 out of 2,041. Before her are Michelle MacLaren, Danny Antonucci, Mani Kaul, Harald Zwart, Corneliu Porumboiu, and Ava DuVernay. After her are Samuel Bayer, Greig Fraser, Rachel Talalay, Ram Gopal Varma, Dean DeBlois, and David DeCoteau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Cate Shortland ranks 681. Before her are Andreas Tews, Ben Shepherd, Elena Sedina, Kaori Nagamine, Ana Jara, and Bahman Golbarnezhad. After her are Brahim Lahlafi, Ricki Lake, Franka Dietzsch, Koos Maasdijk, Michelle Visage, and Jorge Volpi.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Cate Shortland ranks 566 out of 1,143. Before her are Timmy Trumpet (1982), Paul Hanley (1977), Andrew Bogut (1984), Brett Lancaster (1979), Tones and I (2000), and Lucy Fry (1992). After her are Greig Fraser (1975), Matthew Spiranovic (1988), Geraldine Brooks (1955), Brett Holman (1984), Paul Okon (1972), and Mark Shield (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, Cate Shortland ranks 18. Before her are Fred Schepisi (1939), Leigh Whannell (1977), Gillian Armstrong (1950), James McTeigue (1967), John Hillcoat (1961), and Craig Gillespie (1967). After her are Greig Fraser (1975), Stephan Elliott (1964), Justin Kurzel (1974), David Michôd (1972), Dion Beebe (1968), and Stuart Beattie (1971).

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Filmography

Black Widow
Director
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Jul 7o 20217.251 / 10
Berlin Syndrome
Director
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
Apr 20o 20176.002 / 10
Lore
Director
Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945. Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.
Aug 2o 20126.8 / 10