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.

Her career in television started in Western Australia with direction work the children's television series Streetsmartz, which aired from 2005 to 2007. This was followed by directing three episodes of Marx and Venus (2007–8).

She was set-up director on five episodes of the children's TV series Itch, which aired in 2020, After screening at Perth International Arts Festival, the WA Made Film Festival and a gala night at Luna Cinemas in Perth,

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