Sarah Watt

Sarah Watt
Born	30 August 1958(1958-08-30) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	4 November 2011(2011-11-04) (aged 53) West Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Film director, writer and animator
Spouse	William McInnes
Children	2

Sarah Ann Watt (30 August 1958 – 4 November 2011) was an Australian film director.

Born in Sydney,^[1] Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation) at the Swinburne (now VCA) School of Film and Television, Melbourne in 1990. Her student film "Catch of the Day" was to reflect the style of future work. In 1995, she directed a short film, Small Treasures, which won Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival. In 2000, she made a program for the SBS series Swim Between the Flags. She received the Australian Film Institute's award for Best Director for her 2005 film Look Both Ways.^[2]

Watt returned to the VCA School of Film and Television to teach animation and was to assist in the development of many animators including Academy Award winner Adam Eliot in 1996. Watt was instrumental in the development of scripts for all of her students, but left the School to further develop her own projects, returning on occasion as a script and final production assessor.

During the post-production of Look Both Ways, Watt was diagnosed with cancer. Her second film My Year Without Sex was released in 2009.

She died on 4 November 2011 after suffering for six years with breast and bone cancer, aged 53.^[2][3]

Sarah Watt was married to actor William McInnes.^[2] They have two children, Clem (b.1993) and Stella (b.1998).^[2]

References

1. ^ Look Both Ways, Melbourne International Film Festival, 2005.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Australian filmmaker Sarah Watt dies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Retrieved 6 November 2011
3. ^ The Age, Saturday 5 November, Tributes and Celebrations, p. 38

External links

• Sarah Watt at the Internet Movie Database
• Australian Story interview with Sarah Watt
• When I'm gone ... The Age, 21 October 2011
• Sarah Watt's blog
• 'Look Both Ways' on australianscreen online
• Interview about Watt's other occupations

Persondata
Name	Watt, Sarah
Alternative names	Watt, Sarah Ann (full name)
Short description	Australian film director
Date of birth	30 August 1958
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death	4 November 2011
Place of death	West Footscray, Victoria, Australia