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Sally Aitken

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Biography

Sally Aitken is an Australian documentary film and television director, writer and producer. She has been nominated for two Emmys: in 2018 at the International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming for the documentary film David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, and at the 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards for the documentary Playing With Sharks in 2022.

Known for

Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Playing with Sharks

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

Every Little Thing

The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook

Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India

Au bonheur des dames, l'invention du grand magasin

Filmography

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2025

Hummingbirds of Hollywood

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

Every Little Thing

Directing (Director)

2023

Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles

Production (Producer) Production (Executive Producer) Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

2022

Inconceivable: The Secret Business of Breeding Humans

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2021

Books That Made Us

Directing (Director) 1 EP

Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth

Directing (Director)

Playing with Sharks

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2019

Writing (Writer) 1 EPDirecting (Director) 1 EP

2018

Nolan: The Man and the Myth

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook

Directing (Director) 6 EP

2017

David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema

Writing (Writer) 3 EPDirecting (Director) 3 EP

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

2016

Streets of Your Town

Writing (Writer) 2 EPDirecting (Director) 2 EP

2015

Getting Frank Gehry

Directing (Director)

Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"

Directing (Director)

2011

Au bonheur des dames, l'invention du grand magasin

Directing (Director)

2008

The Week the Women Went

Production (Producer) 9 EP

2006

Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India

Directing (Director)

2004

Colonial House

Directing (Director) 8 EP