Sally Aitken

Director

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.

Directed 18

2020s

2025
Hummingbirds of Hollywood
Director
Every Little Thing
Director
2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Director
85
2022
Inconceivable: The Secret Business of Breeding Humans
Director
2021
Books That Made Us
Director
Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth
Director
66
Playing with Sharks
Director
76

2010s

2019
The Pool
Director
2018
Nolan: The Man and the Myth
Director
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
Director
2017
David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema
Director
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Director
2016
Streets of Your Town
Director
2015
Getting Frank Gehry
Director
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
Director
2011
Au bonheur des dames, l'invention du grand magasin
Director

2000s

2006
Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India
Director
2004
Colonial House
Director

Wrote 9

2020s

2025
Hummingbirds of Hollywood
Writer
2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Writer
85
2022
Inconceivable: The Secret Business of Breeding Humans
Writer
2021
Playing with Sharks
Writer
76

2010s

2019
The Pool
Writer
2018
Nolan: The Man and the Myth
Writer
2017
David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema
Writer
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Writer
2016
Streets of Your Town
Writer

Produced 1

2020s

2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Executive Producer, Producer
85