Renée Webster is a filmmaker from

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. She is known for her direction work on several TV series, including '' The Heights'', and on

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s. Her first feature film, '' How to Please a Woman'', was released in 2022.

Career

Webster's short films ''Scoff'' (2003) and ''Edgar and Elizabeth'' (2007) were screened in film festivals worldwide and garnered awards. Her career in television started in

with direction work the

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series ''

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'', which aired from 2005 to 2007. This was followed by directing three episodes of '' Marx and Venus'' (2007–8). She was set-up director on five episodes of the children's TV series ''

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'', which aired in 2020, and directed 11 episodes across both seasons of ''The Heights'' (2019–2020), both on

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. She also directs

s, including for Lotterywest and Western Power, and documentaries. She directed and wrote the screenplay for her first feature film, a comedy entitled ''How to Please a Woman'', starring

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and

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. After screening at Perth International Arts Festival, the WA Made Film Festival and a gala night at Luna Cinemas in

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, the film opened around Australia in May 2022 to generally positive reviews.

Awards

*2007: Nomination,

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, for the short film ''Edgar and Elizabeth'' *2008: Winner,

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, Best Short Film Screenwriting, for ''Edgar and Elizabeth'' *2008: Winner, WOW Film Festival, Best Australian Fiction (Comedy), for ''Edgar and Elizabeth'' *2020: Nomination, Australian Directors Guild Awards for best direction for '' The Heights''

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