Renée Webster
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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.{{cite web | title=Renée Webster | website=Cinema Australia | date=17 May 2022 | url=https://cinemaaustralia.com.au/2022/05/17/cinema-australia-podcast-79-renee-webster/ | access-date=19 May 2022}}
Her career in television started in Western Australia with direction work the children's television series Streetsmartz, which aired from 2005 to 2007.{{IMDb title|0454584}}{{cite web | title=Streetsmartz series 1 (2005) - The Screen Guide | website=Screen Australia | url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/streetsmartz-series-1-2005/21815/ | access-date=19 May 2022}} This was followed by directing three episodes of Marx and Venus (2007–8).{{IMDb name|1211888}}
She was set-up director{{cite web | title=Renee Webster | website=CinefestOZ Film Festival | date=19 August 2021 | url=https://cinefestoz.com/featured_item/renee-webster-industry-guest/ | access-date=19 May 2022}} on five episodes of the children's TV series Itch, which aired in 2020, and directed 11 episodes across both seasons of The Heights (2019–2020), both on ABC Television.
She also directs television commercials, 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 Sally Phillips and Erik Thomson.{{cite web | title=With 'How To Please A Woman', Renée Webster puts the audience first | website=IF Magazine|first=Jackie| last=Keast | date=15 May 2022 | url=https://if.com.au/with-how-to-please-a-woman-renee-webster-puts-the-audience-first/ | access-date=19 May 2022}} After screening at Perth International Arts Festival, the WA Made Film Festival and a gala night at Luna Cinemas in Perth, the film opened around Australia in May 2022 to generally positive reviews.{{cite web | last=Hall | first=Sandra | title=Review: How to Please a Woman | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=17 May 2022 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/it-has-the-spirit-of-full-monty-but-these-women-want-to-talk-about-sex-20220516-p5alq8.html | access-date=19 May 2022}}{{cite web | title=How to watch How To Please A Woman in Australia | website=Flicks.com.au | date=19 May 2022 | url=https://www.flicks.com.au/news/how-to-watch-crowd-pleasing-comedy-how-to-please-a-woman-in-australia/ | access-date=19 May 2022}}
Awards
- 2007: Nomination, AWGIE Award, for the short film Edgar and Elizabeth
- 2008: Winner, West Australian Screen Awards, 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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External links
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- {{cite web | title=Females in film with Sophie Hyde & Chloe Rickard + a lively female liberation drama | website=ABC Radio National | date=19 May 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-screen-show/sophie-hyde,-chloe-rickard,-how-to-please-a-woman/13886770| first=Larissa| last=Behrendt| author-link=Larissa Behrendt| format = Audio}}
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