Kath Shelper is an Australian

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, known for ''

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''. Her production company is called Scarlett Pictures.

Career

Shelper's production credits include a number of short films and

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s, including ''Confessions of a Headhunter'', ''Plains Empty'', ''

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'', ''Above The Dust Level'', and ''Green Bush''. Her first feature film, ''

'', was directed and filmed by

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, and she produced

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's first feature film, '' Here I Am'' in 2011. In 2015, Shelper produced the film ''

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'', and between 2014 and 2020 produced many episodes of the TV comedy series, ''

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''.

Production companies

She was a founding member of the film production company Film Depot along with fellow producers Louise Smith and Matthew Dabner, but since 1998 has worked out of her own production company, Scarlett Pictures. Inside Film Rising Talent Award. Her first feature film, ''

'' directed and filmed by

, won the Camera d'Or for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival 2009 and the Showtime Inside Film Award for Best Feature in 2009.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (2009) * '' Here I Am'' (2011)

References

External links

* * Australian film producers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Australia-film-bio-stub