Kitty Green

Kitty Green is the director of the 2019 film The Assistant,[2][3][4][5][6] as well as an editor and a screenwriter. She was born in 1984, in Melbourne, Australia.

Kitty Green
Born1984 (age 35–36)[1]
Melbourne, Australia
Alma materVictorian College of the Arts
OccupationScreenwriter, Director, Editor
Notable work
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)
Casting JonBenet (2017)
The Assistant (2019)

Early life

Kitty Green attended the Victorian College of the Arts, where she studied film and television. Green is a cinematographer, as well as a director and editor. Her film Ukraine Is Not A Brothel focuses on the Ukrainian feminist movement "Femen", which 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.[7]

Career

Green found her passion in filmmaking after hearing about the Weinstein scandal; she took this as an opportunity to begin her journey in filmmaking and directing following research on the topic of sexism in the workplace.[8] She wanted to expose the truth of such a repetitive, upsetting event that still occurs to this day in the modern world through her film The Assistant.

Green directed the following documentaries:

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.[9]

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 No Yes Yes

Awards and Nominations

Won AACTA award for Best Australian Feature Documentary for the documentary film "Ukraine Is Not A Brothel".[10]

Won Best Non-Fiction Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 for the short film "The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul".[11]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2013Venice Film FestivalSpecial MentionUkraine is Not a BrothelWon
2013London Film FestivalGrierson AwardNominated
2014SXSW Film FestivalAudience AwardNominated
2014Bushwick Film FestivalBest Documentary FeatureWon
2015AFI FestGrand Jury PrizeThe Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul .Nominated
2015Berlin International Film FestivalCrystal BearNominated
2015Sundance Film FestivalShort Film Grand Jury PrizeNominated
Short Film Jury PrizeWon
2017Grand Jury PrizeCasting JonBenetNominated

References
  1. "Casting JonBenet". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  2. Q 2020-02-03, CBC radio , Interview with Kitty Green.
  3. Interviewer Name: Folkenflik, David. "Director Kitty Green On Her New Film, 'The Assistant'". NPR.org. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. Culture; Movies (6 February 2020). "Writer/director Kitty Green on her of-the-moment film The Assistant | National Post". Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. "Casting JonBenet". www.berlinale.de. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  8. Culture; Movies (6 February 2020). "Writer/director Kitty Green on her of-the-moment film The Assistant | National Post". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  9. 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.
  10. "Casting JonBenet". www.berlinale.de. 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  11. "Casting JonBenet". www.berlinale.de. 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2020.


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