Sarah Watt, Australian film director, died from cancer he was 53.

Sarah Ann Watt was an Australian film director died from cancer he was 53.

(30 August 1958 – 4 November 2011) 

Born in Sydney,^[1] Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television (Animation) at the Swinburne Film and Television School (now VCA), Melbourne in 1990. Her student film "Catch of the Day" was to reflect the style of future work. In 1995, she directed a short film, Small Treasures, which won Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival. In 2000, she made a program for the SBS series Swim Between the Flags. She received the Australian Film Institute's award for Best Director for her 2005 film Look Both Ways.^[2]
Watt returned to the VCA School of Film and Television to teach animation and was to assist in the development of many animators including Academy Award winner Adam Eliot in 1996. Watt was instrumental in the development of scripts for all of her students, but left the School to further develop her own projects, returning on occasion as a script and final production assessor.
During the post-production of Look Both Ways, Watt was diagnosed with cancer. Her second film My Year Without Sex was released in 2009.
She died on 4 November 2011 after suffering for six years with breast and bone cancer, aged 53.^[2][3]
Sarah Watt was married to actor William McInnes.^[2] They had two children, Clem (b.1993) and Stella (b.1998).^[2]

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