Nancy Paton Explained
Nancy Paton |
Birth Date: | 12 November 1983 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Education: | University of Sydney |
Occupation: | Director, Screenwriter and Producer |
Nancy Paton is an Australian-Polish director, screenwriter and producer.
Life and career
Paton was born in Sydney, Australia to Polish parents. She went to Newtown Performing Arts High School in New South Wales and later attended and graduated from the University of Sydney.[1] [2] [3]
In 2011, she produced the short film Steamboat. After moving to the Middle East, Paton set up her production company, Desert Rose Films in 2014.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
She made her directorial debut with the film Daisy in 2016. In the same year, she directed the film Postpartum which was filmed in Saudi Arabia with an amateur all-female film crew.[10] [11] [12] Paton received the Best Director award at the Melbourne Indie Film Festival for her work on the film.[13]
In 2017, Paton directed and produced the films Choke and The Black Abaya.[14] [15] She won a Best Director award for her work in Choke, and the movie itself won Best Film and Best Cinematography.[16] [17] [18]
In 2022, she produced the film Mountain Boy, an adaptation of the 2017 children's book "The Boy Who Knew the Mountains" by Emirati-Australian author Michele Ziolkowski.[19] [20] [21] [22]
Paton lives in Abu Dhabi with her husband and three children.[23]
References
- Web site: Nancy Paton - Biography . 2023-10-16 . IMDb . en-US.
- Web site: Conference - What role for women in the film industry? . 2023-10-16 . Sorbonne Abu Dhabi . en.
- Web site: 2019-10-23 . Nancy Paton: the filmmaker inspiring social change, one story at a time . 2023-10-16 . Advance The Global Australian Network . en-AU.
- Web site: Nancy Paton Home – Desert Rose Films . 2023-10-16 . en-GB.
- Web site: NYWIFT Co-presents with Royal Film Commission of Jordan, and Women in Film and Television - GCC: A Conversation About Women Storytellers from the Arab World . 2023-10-16 . New York Women in Film & Television . en-US.
- Web site: Dunn . David . 2023-07-07 . Money & Me: ‘I invest in knowledge so I can always survive’ . 2023-10-16 . The National . en.
- Web site: Bobley . Georgia . 2018-01-18 . We Finally Have More Details on Lindsay Lohan's Saudi Movie . 2023-10-16 . POPSUGAR Middle East Celebrity and Entertainment . en-AE.
- Web site: Staff Reporter . 2018-01-18 . Lindsay Lohan to shoot in Riyadh for women-centric film . 2023-10-16 . BroadcastPro ME . en-US.
- https://www.papermag.com/lindsay-lohan-saudi-arabian-film-1
- Web site: Nancy Paton - Rotten Tomatoes . 2023-10-16 . www.rottentomatoes.com . en.
- Web site: Films directed by Nancy Paton . 2023-10-16 . letterboxd.com . en.
- Web site: Watch Daisy Prime Video . 2023-10-16 . www.amazon.com.
- Web site: 2017-03-24 . Filmmaker Nancy Paton: 'Half the world is female and half male. It needs to be that in our films' . 2023-10-16 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
- Web site: Nancy Paton . 2023-10-16 . FilmFreeway . en.
- Web site: Staff . DQ Living . 2017-05-15 . About The Abaya - Dq Living Magazine . 2023-10-16 . en-US.
- Web site: Productions . Paton . Award-Winning UK Director Nancy Paton's Film "Choke" Takes Home Best Short, Best Directing and Best Cinematography At the 8th Annual #48FILM Festival Awards . 2023-10-16 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
- Web site: 48FILM Project Press . 2023-10-16 . 48FILM Festival . en.
- Web site: Newbould . Chris . 2018-01-18 . Lindsay Lohan's Saudi movie set for September shoot . 2023-10-16 . The National . en.
- Web site: Ross . Rafa Sales . 2022-12-03 . Zainab Shaheen Set to Direct Adaptation of Book Series ‘Mountain Boy’ (EXCLUSIVE) . 2023-10-16 . Variety . en-US.
- Web site: Bedirian . Razmig . 2023-03-01 . Emirati film Mountain Boy tells story of an autistic boy in Fujairah . 2023-10-16 . The National . en.
- Web site: uaenews247 . 2022-04-15 . Award-Winning UAE-based Film Production Company Pioneers New Frontier For Female-Led Storytelling in the Middle East . 2023-10-16 . UAE News 24/7 . en.
- Web site: 2023-03-30 . Desert Rose Films supports World Autism Month . 2023-10-16 . Fujairah Observer . en-US.
- Web site: Day . Emma . 2018-01-18 . Lindsay Lohan will shoot a female-focused film in Saudi Arabia . 2023-10-16 . Emirates Woman . en.