Kath Shelper
Kath produced both Warwick’s short films Green Bush and Nana. Na na was part of a series Kath produced called Bit of Black Business (thirteen 5-minute short dramas for SBS TV that were written and directed by Indigenous directors all around Australia). The films have screened together and individually all around the world. Another in the series, Hush, won the Audience Award at the Creteil International Women’s Film Festival in 2008. Kath also produced short film Pla ins Empty (dir: Beck Cole), which premiered at Sundance in the same year as Green Bush. Her other award winning shorts include Confessions of a Headhunter , which won Best Short Film at the 2000 AFI Awards and Above the Dust Level (Best Comedy, Melbourne Film Festival, 1999). Kath was awarded the Rising Talent Award at the Inside Film (IF) Awards in 2005. Kath is also producing a documentary about the making of Samson & Delilah through the eyes of the two young cast. The documentary is being directed and co-produced by Beck Cole for ABC TV. Kath is preparing to shoot her second feature later in the year, The Place Between, which is written and to be directed also by Beck Cole.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Kath Shelper's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kath Shelper's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Kath Shelper's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.
Echoes In Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
The Royal Hotel(2023)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The New Boy(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Madly(2016)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Ruben Guthrie(2015)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Tender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Darkside(2013)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Turning(2013)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Samson & Delilah(2009)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Nana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Green Bush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Cold Turkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Mimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Bush Mechanics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Above the Dust Level (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Federation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Spacesuit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles, 15 of them dated from 1999 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Samson & Delilah (2009)
Highest rated
Samson & Delilah (2009)
Most popular right now
The Royal Hotel (2023)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Kath Shelper's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th6
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kath Shelper work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kath Shelper's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Warwick Thornton shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Warwick ThorntonShared titles: The New Boy (2023), The Darkside (2013), The Turning (2013), Samson & Delilah (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Warwick Thornton
- Mia WasikowskaShared titles: Madly (2016), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Mia Wasikowska
Actors
- Deborah MailmanShared titles: The New Boy (2023), The Darkside (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Deborah Mailman
Cinematographers and editors
- Roland GalloisShared titles: The Darkside (2013), The Turning (2013), Samson & Delilah (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Roland Gallois
- Nick MeyersShared titles: The New Boy (2023), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Meyers
- Stefan DuscioShared titles: Madly (2016), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Stefan Duscio
Mixed roles
- Andrew UptonShared titles: The New Boy (2023), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Upton
- Oscar ReddingShared titles: The Royal Hotel (2023), The Turning (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Oscar Redding
- Brendan CowellShared titles: Ruben Guthrie (2015), The Darkside (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Brendan Cowell
