Cate Shortland is an Australian writer and director of film and television.

She was born 10 August 1968 in Temora, New South Wales. She graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where she received the Southern Star Award for most promising student.

She has created several award winning short films:

Strap on Olympia (1995); Pentuphouse (1998); Flower Girl (2000); Joy (2000)

Cate spent three years directing episodes of the television series, The Secret Life Of Us.

In 2004 she released her debut feature length film, Somersault (2004), which was entered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

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凯特·肖特兰（Cate Shortland）是澳大利亚作家和电影和电视导演。

她于1968年8月10日出生于新南威尔士州的特莫拉。她毕业于澳大利亚电影电视和广播学院，在那里她获得了南方之星奖最有前途的学生。

她创作了几部获奖短片：

《奥林匹亚的表带》（1995）;Pentuphouse（1998年）;花姑娘 （2000）;喜悦 （2000）

凯特花了三年时间执导电视连续剧《我们的秘密生活》的剧集。

2004年，她发行了她的处女作《Somersault》（2004年），该片入围了2004年戛纳电影节的一种注目单元。