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Renée Webster

Renée Webster

Filmmaker from Western Australia

Renée Webster is a filmmaker from Western Australia. She is known for her direction work on several TV series, including The Heights, and on television commercials. 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.[1]

Her career in television started in Western Australia with direction work the children's television series Streetsmartz, which aired from 2005 to 2007.[2][3] This was followed by directing three episodes of Marx and Venus (2007–8).[4]

She was set-up director[5] on five episodes of the children's TV series Itch, which aired in 2020,[4] and directed 11 episodes across both seasons of The Heights (2019–2020), both on ABC Television.[5]

She also directs television commercials, including for Lotterywest and Western Power, and documentaries.[5]

She directed and wrote the screenplay for her first feature film, a comedy entitled How to Please a Woman, starring Sally Phillips and Erik Thomson.[6] After screening at Perth International Arts Festival, the WA Made Film Festival and a gala night at Luna Cinemas in Perth,[1] the film opened around Australia in May 2022 to generally positive reviews.[7][8]

Awards

References

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    "Renée Webster". Cinema Australia. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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    Renée Webster at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  3. [3]
    "Streetsmartz series 1 (2005) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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    Renée Webster at IMDb
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    "Renee Webster". CinefestOZ Film Festival. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  6. [6]
    Keast, Jackie (15 May 2022). "With 'How To Please A Woman', Renée Webster puts the audience first". IF Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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    Hall, Sandra (17 May 2022). "Review: How to Please a Woman". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  8. [8]
    "How to watch How To Please A Woman in Australia". Flicks.com.au. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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