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Rolf de Heer

Dutch-Australian film director, writer, producer

Dutch-Australian film director, writer, producer

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Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands, but migrated to Sydney with his family when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and is based in Adelaide. De Heer primarily makes alternative or arthouse films. According to the jacket notes of the videotape, de Heer holds the honor of co-producing and directing the only motion picture, Dingo, in which the jazz legend Miles Davis appears as an actor. Miles Davis collaborated with Michel Legrand on the score.

De Heer is the subject of the book Dutch Tilt, Aussie Auteur: The Films of Rolf de Heer (First edition – Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM, 2009. Second edition – Ebook: Starrs via Smashwords.com, 2013) by Dr D. Bruno Starrs. A comprehensive study of his films to date, Dancing to His Song: the Singular Cinema of Rolf de Heer by film critic Jane Freebury, is published in ebook and print (Currency Press & Currency House, 2015).

De Heer's 2013 film Charlie's Country was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
1984Tail of a Tiger
1986Thank You Jack
1988Incident at Raven's Gate
1991Dingo
1993Bad Boy Bubby
1996The Quiet Room
1997Epsilon
1998Dance Me to My Song
2001The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2002The Tracker
2003Alexandra's Project
2006Ten Canoes
2007Dr. Plonk
2012The King Is Dead!
2013Charlie's Country
2016In the Same Garden
2022The Survival of Kindness

Television and short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
2006The Balanda and Bark Canoes
2009Twelve Canoes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
1993Venice Film FestivalSpecial Jury PrizeBad Boy Bubby
1994Australian Film Institute AwardsBest Director
Best Original Screenplay
2002Venice Film FestivalSIGNIS AwardThe Tracker
Film Fest GentBest Screenplay
Valladolid International Film FestivalJury Special Prize
IF AwardsBest Feature Film
2006Cannes Film FestivalUn Certain RegardTen Canoes
Film Fest GentGrand Prix
Australian Film Institute AwardsBest Direction
Best Film
Best Original Screenplay
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
IF AwardsBest Director
NSW History AwardsThe Premier's Audio/Visual History Prize
2013Adelaide Film FestivalAudience Award for Most Popular FeatureCharlie's Country
2014AACTA AwardBest Film
Best Direction
Best Original Screenplay
Cannes Film FestivalUn Certain Regard

Notes

References

References

  1. [http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-king-is-dead-20120705-21jsk.html Mathieson, Craig: "The King is Dead"] in [[The Age]], 8 July 2012
  2. "2014 Official Selection". Cannes.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Ten Canoes". festival-cannes.com.
  4. "Flanders International Film Festival: 2006". IMDb.
  5. "2006 NSW Premier's History Awards & Fellowships". Arts NSW.
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