Kath Shelper
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Kath Shelper is an Australia
n film producer. She was the recipient of the 2005 Inside Film Award
for Rising Talent.
Her production credits include Confessions of a Headhunter
, Plains Empty, Bush Mechanics, Above The Dust Level, and Green Bush. She was a founding member of the film production company Film Depot along with fellow producers Louise Smith and Matthew Dabner. Kath now works out of her own production company Scarlett Pictures.
She has just completed her first feature film, Samson & Delilah directed and filmed by Warwick Thornton
, starring Rowan MacNamara and Marissa Gibson
and featuring Mitjili Napanangka Gibson. The film premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival, February 2009 and won the Camera d'Or
for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival
2009.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n film producer. She was the recipient of the 2005 Inside Film Award
Inside Film Awards
The Inside Film Awards is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, a format created by Australian Producer Andrew Dillon...
for Rising Talent.
Her production credits include Confessions of a Headhunter
Yagan
Yagan was an Australian Aboriginal warrior from the Noongar tribe who played a key part in early indigenous Australian resistance to British settlement and rule in the area of Perth, Western Australia. After he led a series of burglaries and robberies across the countryside, in which white...
, Plains Empty, Bush Mechanics, Above The Dust Level, and Green Bush. She was a founding member of the film production company Film Depot along with fellow producers Louise Smith and Matthew Dabner. Kath now works out of her own production company Scarlett Pictures.
She has just completed her first feature film, Samson & Delilah directed and filmed by Warwick Thornton
Warwick Thornton
Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut feature film, Samson and Delilah won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.-Family:Thornton was born and raised in Alice Springs...
, starring Rowan MacNamara and Marissa Gibson
Marissa Gibson
Marissa Gibson is an Australian actress. She played the central role of Delilah in the 2009 film Samson and Delilah. The film won the Caméra d'Or award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and Best Film at the 2009 AFI Awards...
and featuring Mitjili Napanangka Gibson. The film premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival, February 2009 and won the Camera d'Or
Caméra d'Or
The Caméra d'Or is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections ....
for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
2009.