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

Colonial House
2004
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017
Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth
2021
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
2023
The Pool
2019
Playing with Sharks
2021
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
2018
Books That Made Us
2021
David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema
2017
The Week the Women Went
2008
Streets of Your Town
2016
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
2015

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Directing
18
Writing
9
Producing
3
2025
Every Little Thing
Director
2025
Hummingbirds of Hollywood
Director
2023
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
Director
2022
Inconceivable: The Secret Business of Breeding Humans
Director
2021
Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth
Director
2021
Playing with Sharks
Director
2021
Books That Made Us
Director
2019
The Pool
Director
2018
Nolan: The Man and the Myth
Director
2018
The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook
Director
2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Director
2017
David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema
Director
2016
Streets of Your Town
Director
2015
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
Director
2015
Getting Frank Gehry
Director
2011
Au bonheur des dames, l'invention du grand magasin
Director
2006
Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India
Director
2004
Colonial House
Director