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Sharon Shostak was transplanted to the hills of the Byron Shire from Melbourne at nine years old, and credits the fertile surrounds with nurturing her creativity from that young age. She had devised and performed a puppet show with a friend by the age of 14 that toured local markets and made her first short drama on Super 8 film in 1984, after many years stalking the world with a stills camera.
Later, Victorian film industry trained and with two degrees in film, her independent filmmaking gained wings in 2004 with a win of Best Film at the New York Short Film Festival for her 9 minute digital short The Deep Pool.
Since then she has worked mainly in documentary, education and music video clips. In 2011 Shostak wrote, directed and edited the independent documentary feature The Echo Doco – Born To Be Trouble, as well as her 2012 dramatic short feature Tish Ho, winner of The Triangle Award for Excellence In Originality from the Colombia Gorge International Film Festival, USA.
Currently contracted as the online filmmaker for echonetdaily, she shoots, edits and produces short documentary clips about events in the local community on a weekly basis. Shostak also produces longer commissioned pieces for Lismore Regional Gallery, including the recent Not Quite Square - owner built houses in the Northern Rivers, and tutors primary school students in devising, creating and acting in their own digital short dramas.
Other shorter works may be viewed via the channel http://www.youtube.com/user/sshostak as well as http://www.youtube.com/user/echonetvideo.
Later, Victorian film industry trained and with two degrees in film, her independent filmmaking gained wings in 2004 with a win of Best Film at the New York Short Film Festival for her 9 minute digital short The Deep Pool.
Since then she has worked mainly in documentary, education and music video clips. In 2011 Shostak wrote, directed and edited the independent documentary feature The Echo Doco – Born To Be Trouble, as well as her 2012 dramatic short feature Tish Ho, winner of The Triangle Award for Excellence In Originality from the Colombia Gorge International Film Festival, USA.
Currently contracted as the online filmmaker for echonetdaily, she shoots, edits and produces short documentary clips about events in the local community on a weekly basis. Shostak also produces longer commissioned pieces for Lismore Regional Gallery, including the recent Not Quite Square - owner built houses in the Northern Rivers, and tutors primary school students in devising, creating and acting in their own digital short dramas.
Other shorter works may be viewed via the channel http://www.youtube.com/user/sshostak as well as http://www.youtube.com/user/echonetvideo.
