Hattie Dalton is an Australian filmmaker who won a BAFTA award for best live-action short film for her 2004 film ''The Banker'', starring

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. She also directed 2010 feature film ''

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'' starring

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Biography

She began her career in broadcast journalism, then worked for ten years as a film editor. Her first short, ''Sick'', was made in 2004.

''The Banker''

The Banker is a 2004 live-action film which won the

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. It was written and directed by Dalton and starred

as a lovelorn scientist working in a sperm bank. The film was made by Dalton's company Memory Box Films and produced by Kelly Broad. After the Australian Film Commission refused to fund the film, saying the script "did not resonate", Dalton and Broad raised the $A35,860 budget themselves, including donations from family, the star Sheen, and executive producer

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. The production designer was Sydney artist Jason Synott and the theme song was by Doug Christian. As well as the BAFTA win, it was nominated for best short film at the 2005

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, and placed 3rd in the TCM prize at the 2005 London Film Festival.

''One of these Days''

Dalton went on to direct another short, ''One of these Days'' (2009), starring

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. It was made by her company Memory Box Films for

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, with additional finance from

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's film company Rocket Pictures. It won best short film at

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''Third Star''

Her first feature film was ''

'' (2010) starring

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Hattie Australian film directors Australian women film directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people)