Sarah Watt

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Early life and education

Sarah Ann WattScript error: No such module "Unsubst". was born in Sydney[1] on 30 August 1958.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

She completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation) at the Swinburne Film and Television School, Melbourne, in 1990. Her student film Catch of the Day was to reflect the style of future work.[2]

Career

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 called "Local Dive". It was made concurrently with another project that she was directing called "The Way of the Birds" based on the 1996 book of the same name by author Meme McDonald. She received the Australian Film Institute's award for Best Director for her 2005 film Look Both Ways.[3]

Watt returned to the Victorian College of the Arts School of Film and Television to teach animation, and assisted in the development of many animators, including Academy Award winner Adam Elliot 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Watt was also a published author. She wrote and illustrated the picture book Clem Always Could and co-authored Worse Things Happen at Sea with William McInnes.[4][5]

During the post-production of Look Both Ways, Watt was diagnosed with cancer. Her second film My Year Without Sex was released in 2009.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

She died on 4 November 2011 after suffering for six years from breast and bone cancer, aged 53.[3][6]

Sarah Watt was married to actor and writer William McInnes. They have two children, Clem (b. 1993) and Stella (b. 1998).[3][7]

In the years before her death, Watt had begun developing an animated adaptation of Magic Beach, the beloved picture book by Australian author Alison Lester. The project was considered a personal passion of Watt’s, blending her talent for evocative, painterly visuals with Lester's whimsical storytelling. Following Watt’s death, the project was revived and brought to life by director Robert Connolly, who completed the film in her honor.[8] The adaptation of Magic Beach was released in 2025 as a feature-length animated film, receiving praise for its emotional depth and its tribute to Watt's original vision.[9]

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References

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  1. ↑ Look Both Ways Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Melbourne International Film Festival, 2005.
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  3. ↑ a b c "Australian filmmaker Sarah Watt dies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Retrieved 6 November 2011
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  6. ↑ The Age, Saturday 5 November, Tributes and Celebrations, p. 38
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External links

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