Kath Shelper is an Australian film producer, known for '' Samson and Delilah''. Her production company is called Scarlett Pictures.

Career

Shelper's production credits include a number of short films and telemovies, including ''Confessions of a Headhunter'', ''Plains Empty'', '' Bush Mechanics'', ''Above The Dust Level'', and ''Green Bush''. Her first feature film, '' Samson and Delilah'', was directed and filmed by

Warwick Thornton Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. His debut feature film '' Samson and Delilah'' won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awar ...

, and she produced Beck Cole's first feature film, '' Here I Am'' in 2011. In 2015, Shelper produced the film '' Ruben Guthrie'', and between 2014 and 2020 produced many episodes of the TV comedy series, ''

Black Comedy Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

''. Shelper produced two feature films that were released in 2023, both shot in South Australia - Warwick Thornton's The New Boy and Kitty Green's The Royal Hotel.

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, '' Samson and Delilah'' 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 as well as the AFI Award for Best Film in 2009. Her second feature film with

, The New Boy, also premiered in Un Certain Regard,

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...

2023.

Selected filmography

* '' Samson and Delilah'' (2009) * '' Here I Am'' (2011) * '' Ruben Guthrie'' (2015) * '' The New Boy'' (2023) * '' The Royal Hotel'' (2023)

References

External links

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