Gracie Otto is an Australian filmmaker and actor. She made her feature-length directing debut with the 2013 documentary '' The Last Impresario'' about prolific British theatre

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and film producer Michael White. She has also directed a variety of screen content such as television commercial videos (TCVs), shorts, television series, feature films and documentaries.

Early life

Gracie Otto is the daughter of the Australian actor

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and Susan Hill. Actress

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is her half-sister. She attended

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. As a schoolgirl, Otto represented Australia and New South Wales in indoor soccer, and represented her home state New South Wales in school softball.''The Sydney Morning Herald'' , Gracie Otto makes mark with directorial debut The Last Impresario
by Linda Morris, 5 June 2014

Director

Otto's feature-length directing debut was with the 2014 documentary ''The Last Impresario'', about prolific British theatre impresario and film producer Michael White. The film made its world premiere at the

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in October 2013, where it was positively received by critics; it features interviews with 60 of his friends and associates. Otto has directed over five short films, all of which have screened at international film festivals. In 2019, after winning the North American Script Competition through Soho House in the US, Gracie directed and edited a new short film, ''Desert'', which premiered at the

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. In 2019, Otto was the director of the second series of the Stan original, '' The Other Guy'' starring

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, and

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. In early 2021, the Stan original series ''

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'' was released starring

, Natalie Morris, and

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. Otto directed three of the ten episodes in the series. In 2021, Otto's feature documentary ''

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'', about music producer

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's 1980s recording studio in

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, was released. In 2022, she directed four episodes of the

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comedy drama series ''

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'', for which she was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy.

Filmography

Director

*''Kill Blondes'' (2004) *''Broken Beat'' (2005) *''Tango Trois'' (2006) *''La Meme Nuit'' (2007) *''Seamstress'' (2011) *'' La Cabane a Marseille'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Parfum de Regrets'' (2012) *'' Fashion Lust'' (2013) *'' The Last Impresario'' (2013) *''Candy Crush'' (with Thom Kerr) (2017) *''Desert Dash'' (2018) *'' The Other Guy (Season 2)'' (2019) *''

'' (2020) *''

'' (2021) *'' Seriously Red'' (2022) *''

'' (2022, 4 episodes)

Actress

*''Eve'' (2005) *'' The New Life'' (2006) *'' Good Luck with That'' (2007) *''

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'' (2008) *''

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'' (2009) *'' L.B.F.'' (2011)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Otto, Gracie 1987 births Living people Australian film actresses Actresses from Sydney