Renée Webster

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
  1. "Renée Webster". Cinema Australia. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. Renée Webster at IMDb
  3. "Streetsmartz series 1 (2005) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. Renée Webster at IMDb
  5. "Renee Webster". CinefestOZ Film Festival. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  6. Keast, Jackie (15 May 2022). "With 'How To Please A Woman', Renée Webster puts the audience first". IF Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  7. Hall, Sandra (17 May 2022). "Review: How to Please a Woman". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  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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