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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.
Cate Shortland is known for directing the Marvel film "Black Widow" and other feature-length and short films. She was born in Temora, New South Wales, and is married to Tony Krawitz.
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Jul 6, 2021 · Cate Shortland, the first woman to solo direct a Marvel movie, sits down in a new interview to talk about the Black Widow movie grapples with Natasha’s death in Avengers: Endgame and her ...
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- 'It Was Like A Courtship, Really'
- Family and Female Allyship
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Speaking about the process on the eve of Black Widow's Australian release, Shortland says "It was like a courtship, really". "It was just a dialogue between Scarlett and I on Zoom. We chatted … we just worked out if we got on. And we sent each other some lists of our favourite films and our favourite songs, and what kind of film we both were intere...
Black Widow sets Natasha Romanoff on a journey from the conflicted, guilt-ridden Avenger who turns on her colleagues in Captain America: Civil War, to self-acceptance and forgiveness. Her journey requires her to deep dive into her early-life trauma and years in the 'Red Room', a training and brainwashing program turning at-risk girls into assassins...
Shortland took the Black Widow gig, script unseen; but she says the creative team were given carte blanche to develop Natasha's backstory. "I worked with a Russian historian in London to build a history of where she would've been born, what her mother would've been like, why her mother would've given her up and what her childhood would've been like...
Black Widow opens with a scene from our protagonist's childhood in Ohio, at the end of which perhaps the last vestiges of the young Natasha's 'innocence' are stripped entirely away. The first time we see Johansson's 30-something Natasha in Black Widow, she is alone and in a bathroom. The confined space, fluorescent lights and hand-held, close-up ca...
Shortland says Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) gave her some good advice in 2018. "When I first came on he said, just know that everything is going to get built up and ripped down. And that the strongest [ideas], or the essence of the idea, will survive," she told The Screen Show. "What's great about the way Marvel works is they're not afraid to emb...
The Australian filmmaker talks about her 'courtship' with Scarlett Johansson, her vision for the Marvel blockbuster, and her signature focus on women's internal landscapes. She reveals how she explored Natasha Romanoff's trauma, family and female allyship in the film.
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Jul 9, 2021 · Cate Shortland initially turned down the prospect of directing Black Widow, but Scarlett Johansson refused to take no for an answer after falling in love with the Australian filmmaker’s 2012...
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Jul 16, 2021 · Learn about Cate Shortland, the filmmaker behind Marvel Studios' Black Widow, in this interview. Find out her favorite things, her advice, and her connection to the Marvel sisterhood.
Cate Shortland is an Australian filmmaker who directed Black Widow, Somersault, Lore and Berlin Syndrome. Learn about her life, family, quotes and trivia on IMDb.
