“I probably make films that are autobiographical more because I think they make better stories because they're real and therefore more likely to, sort of, touch other people and pull other people into the story and into the drama”

“I think we all live in suburbs – I think people are kidding themselves just 'cause they live closer to the city or further out in the country that they're not in a suburb. I think everybody has very similar stories.”.

(The first quote is from the Australian Story interview, and the second is from the interview with Jonathan Dawson in Senses of Cinema)

I cannot find anything about Sarah Watt’s early life, but apparently after school she went to Art School, but was not happy working in that world, although she did for a short time.  She then went to Film School where she fell in love with animation and made many well-received shorts including Small Treasures, which won an award at the Venice Film Festival.  She worked in animation for some fifteen years, but eventually realised that she needed to work with actors to fully express her ideas.  She has been married to the actor, William McInnes for some fifteen years and they have two children.