Sally Aitken
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Sally Aitken
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
66%
Director
2021
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
81%
Executive Producer
2023
Playing with Sharks
76%
Director
2021
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
46%
Director
2017
Every Little Thing
74%
Director
2025
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
70%
Director
2018
Au bonheur des dames, l'invention du grand magasin
70%
Director
2011
Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India
80%
Director
2006
Hummingbirds of Hollywood
Director
2025
Hummingbirds of Hollywood
Writer
2025
Every Little Thing
74%
Director
2025
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
81%
Executive Producer
2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
81%
Writer
2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
81%
Producer
2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
81%
Director
2023
Inconceivable: The Secret Business of Breeding Humans
Writer
2022
Inconceivable: The Secret Business of Breeding Humans
Director
2022
Books That Made Us
Director
2021
Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth
66%
Director
2021
Playing with Sharks
76%
Director
2021
Playing with Sharks
76%
Writer
2021
The Pool
Director
2019
The Pool
Writer
2019
Nolan: The Man and the Myth
Writer
2018
Nolan: The Man and the Myth
Director
2018
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
70%
Director
2018
David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema
Director
2017
David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema
Writer
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
46%
Director
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
46%
Writer
2017
Streets of Your Town
Director
2016
Streets of Your Town
Writer
2016
Getting Frank Gehry
70%
Director
2015
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
Director
2015
Au bonheur des dames, l'invention du grand magasin
70%
Director
2011
The Week the Women Went
50%
Producer
2008