Rolf de Heer
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| Born | 9 May 1951 Heemskerk, The Netherlands |
| Occupation | Director, Producer and Writer |
Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951 in Heemskerk, North Holland) is a Dutch Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old.[1] 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. He 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.
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Awards and nominations [edit]
Ten Canoes [edit]
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- 2006 Cannes Film Festival - winner of "Un Certain Regard" - Special Jury Prize[2]
- 2006 Flanders International Film Festival[3] - winner of the Grand Prix, shared with Peter Djigirr
- 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards:
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- winner for Best Direction, shared with Peter Djigirr
- winner for Best Film, (with producer Julie Ryan)
- winner for Best Original Screenplay
- 2006 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
- 2006 IF Awards - winner of the award for Best Director, with Peter Djigirr
- 2006 winner of the NSW History Awards, The Premier's Audio/Visual History Prize[4]
The Tracker [edit]
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- 2002 Venice Film Festival - SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention
- 2002 Flanders International Film Festival - winner of Best Screenplay Award
- 2002 Valladolid International Film Festival - winner Jury Special Prize
- 2002 IF Awards - winner Best Feature Film (with producer Julie Ryan)
Bad Boy Bubby [edit]
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- 1993 Venice Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
- 1994 Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards:
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- winner for Best Director
- winner for Best Original Screenplay
Filmography [edit]
- Tail of a Tiger (1984)
- Thank You Jack (1985) (TV)
- Incident at Raven's Gate (1988)
- Dingo (1991)
- Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
- The Quiet Room (1996)
- Epsilon (1997)
- Dance Me to My Song (1998)
- The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998) (producer)
- Spank (1999) (producer)
- The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2000)
- The Tracker (2002)
- Alexandra's Project (2003)
- Ten Canoes (2006)
- The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (2006) (TV)
- Dr Plonk (2007)
- Twelve Canoes (2008)
- The King is Dead (2012)[1]
See also [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ a b Mathieson, Craig: "The King is Dead" in The Age, July 8, 2012
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Ten Canoes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ "Flanders International Film Festival: 2006". IMDb. Retrieved 2007-07-28.
- ^ "2006 NSW Premier’s History Awards & Fellowships". Arts NSW. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
References [edit]
- 2006 NSW Premier’s History Awards & Fellowships Arts NSW, (Retrieved 17 July 2007)
- Awards for Rolf de Heer IMDb, (Retrieved 28 July 2007)
External links [edit]
- Rolf de Heer at the Internet Movie Database
- Vertigo Website
- 12 Canoes is the follow-up to Ten Canoes, made in collaboration with the Yolgnu people of Ramingining and released only on the internet.
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