{{Short description|British film director and cinematographer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP one source|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Shona Auerbach | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Film director and cinematographer | years_active = 1996–present | known_for = | notable_works = ''Dear Frankie'' }} '''Shona Auerbach''' is a British film director and cinematographer.
==Early career== Auerbach began her career as a stills photographer. She studied film at Manchester University and cinematography at Leeds before completing her Master of Arts at the Polish National Film School in Łódź.<ref name="POSTNATAL EXPRESSION The difficult birth of Dear Frankie, a movie about a Greenock kid coming to terms with his parentage, prompted director Shona Auerbach and writer Andrea Gibb to reassess the role of modern fathers">{{cite web|title=POSTNATAL EXPRESSION The difficult birth of Dear Frankie, a movie about a Greenock kid coming to terms with his parentage, prompted director Shona Auerbach and writer Andrea Gibb to reassess the role of modern fathers|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12409224.POSTNATAL_EXPRESSION_The_difficult_birth_of_Dear_Frankie__a_movie_about_a_Greenock_kid_coming_to_terms_with_his_parentage__prompted_director_Shona_Auerbach_and_writer_Andrea_Gibb_to_reassess_the_role_of_modern_fathers/|accessdate=11 July 2017|date=16 January 2005}}</ref> Her first directorial effort was the 1996 short subject ''Seven'', which won her awards from the Munich International Festival of Film Schools, the Montecatini Filmvideo International Short Film Festival in Spain, and the Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival in Italy. She spent the next several years directing commercials while at the same time preparing her debut feature film, ''Dear Frankie'', which was shown at numerous film festivals in 2004 and was released commercially in early 2005. She also served as cinematographer on both films.
==Awards and recognition== For ''Dear Frankie'', Auerbach was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Director. She won the Heartland Film Festival Crystal Heart Award, the High Falls Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature Film, the Jackson Hole Film Festival Cowboy Award for Best Feature Film, the Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival Audience Award for Best International Feature Film, the Montreal World Film Festival Golden Zenith Award, the Seattle International Film Festival Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award, and the WinFemme Film Festival Award (part of Women's Image Network Awards) for Best Film or TV Show Directed by a Woman.
For ''Rudy'', she won Best Feature Film at the Birmingham Film Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bedak |first=Arbel |title=‘Rudy’, scored by Akira Kosemura, Wins at Birmingham Film Festival |url=https://www.spectracreativeagency.com/news/rudy-winner-best-feature-birmingham-akira-kosemura |access-date=2026-02-13 |website=Spectra Creative Agency |language=en-US}}</ref> and the New Renaissance Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners 2022 |url=https://newrenaissancefilmfest.com/winners-2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207033244/https://newrenaissancefilmfest.com/winners-2022 |archive-date=2022-12-07 |access-date=2026-02-13 |website=New Renaissance Film Festival |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Auerbach is married to cinematographer Graeme Dunn.
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== External links == * [http://www.shonaauerbach.com/ Shona Auerbach - Official Website] * {{IMDb name|0994254}} * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/festivals/edinburgh/dear_frankie.shtml BBC interview] * [http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4892484-1.html ''Hollywood Reporter'' interview]
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