Sally Aitken is a twice-Emmy® nominated director, writer and producer, known for visually arresting work characterized by sensitivity and humour.   As a director, Sally has had two feature documentaries, Playing with Sharks and Every Little Thing, premiere in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and a third, A Cinematic Life, play at the Cannes Film Festival, where Sally was nominated for the Camera d'Or, a “highly affecting film” marrying the personal and cinematic “spanning laugh-out-loud moments to times of pathos and poignancy.”   

Playing with Sharks (Sundance, 2021), the life of maverick conservationist Valerie Taylor sold to Disney+ in a bidding war, billed as “extraordinary” “visually stunning, enthralling” and named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the 15 best films of the year. Every Little Thing (Sundance, 2024) is “a shimmering ode to humanity” “an alluring, hypnotic, and soothing experience that takes your breath away”, it releases in US in 2025.   

A director, screenwriter and producer, Sally formed SAM Content in 2021 and co-produced the Logie-nominated feature Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023, Amazon), along with Inconceivable (2021 SBS) and Hunt for the Family Court Killer (2023, Paramount+/Ch10). Sally relishes great doc and drama stories for the world.