Kitty Green
Kitty Green | |
|---|---|
 Green at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Born | Melbourne, Australia |
| Alma mater | Victorian College of the Arts |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, Director, Editor |
Notable work | Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013) Casting JonBenet (2017) The Assistant (2019) |
Kitty Green is an Australian film director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. Green produced, directed, wrote, and edited the 2019 film The Assistant.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life[]
Kitty Green attended the Victorian College of the Arts, where she studied film and television. Her film Ukraine Is Not A Brothel focuses on the Ukrainian feminist movement "Femen". The film won an AACTA award for Best Australian Feature Documentary. She also won an award for her short film The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul for Best Non-Fiction Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival.[6]
Career[]
Green directed the following documentaries:
- Casting JonBenét (2017),
- Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013),
- The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul (2015).
Green also directed The Assistant, a film about an assistant in the film industry who is faced with a moral dilemma in relation to the #MeToo movement.[7]
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ukraine is not a Brothel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2014 | Austin to Boston | No | No | No | Yes |
| 2015 | The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul . | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2017 | Casting JonBenet | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2019 | The Assistant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Awards and nominations[]
Green won an AACTA award for Best Australian Feature Documentary for the documentary film Ukraine Is Not A Brothel.[8]
Green also won Best Non-Fiction Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 for the short film The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul.[8]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Venice Film Festival | Special Mention | Ukraine is Not a Brothel | Won |
| 2013 | London Film Festival | Grierson Award | Nominated | |
| 2014 | SXSW Film Festival | Audience Award | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Bushwick Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | Won | |
| 2015 | AFI Fest | Grand Jury Prize | The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul . | Nominated |
| 2015 | Berlin International Film Festival | Crystal Bear | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Sundance Film Festival | Short Film Grand Jury Prize | Nominated | |
| Short Film Jury Prize | Won | |||
| 2017 | Grand Jury Prize | Casting JonBenet | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best First Screenplay | The Assistant | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ Q 2020-02-03, CBC radio , Interview with Kitty Green.
- ^ Interviewer Name: Folkenflik, David. "Director Kitty Green On Her New Film, 'The Assistant'". NPR.org. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ CBC News (3 February 2020). "Kitty Green's new film The Assistant will make you see sexual misconduct in Hollywood in a whole new way". CBC News.
- ^ Culture; Movies (6 February 2020). "Writer/director Kitty Green on her of-the-moment film The Assistant | National Post". Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Phillips, Michael. "In 'The Assistant,' filmmaker Kitty Green stays just outside the room where it happens. For a reason". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Casting JonBenet". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Powell, Pamela. "Director Kitty Green breaks down moral complexities of 'The Assistant': "We know what's going on behind that door"". FF2 Media. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Casting JonBenet". www.berlinale.de. 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
External links[]
- Kitty Green at IMDb
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