
Person
Rolf de Heer
Directing · Born 1951-05-04 · Heemskerk, The Netherlands
Biography
Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951; Heemskerk, North Holland) is a Australian film director. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands but migrated to Sydney 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. 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. 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).
Known for

Bad Boy Bubby
Producer

Alien Visitor
Writer

Another Country
Producer

Ten Canoes
Writer

Alexandra's Project
Writer

The Tracker
Writer

Charlie's Country
Director

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Director

Incident at Raven's Gate
Writer

In the Same Garden
Writer
Filmography
- 2024A Portrait of LoveProducer
- 2023The Survival of KindnessDirector
- 2021My Name Is GulpililWriter
- 2020Running With CrutchesProducer
- 2018The Waiting RoomProducer
- 2017Youth on the MarchThanks
- 2016In the Same GardenWriter
- 2015PictureProduction Assistant
- 2015Another CountryProducer
- 2014Still Our CountryProducer
- 2013Charlie's CountryDirector
- 2012The King Is Dead!Director
- 2009Twelve CanoesDirector
- 2007Dr. PlonkDirector
- 2006The Balanda and the Bark CanoesSelf - Narrator
- 2006Ten CanoesWriter
- 2003Alexandra's ProjectWriter
- 2002The TrackerWriter
- 2002Gulpilil: One Red BloodSelf
- 2001SerenadesScript Editor
- 2001The Old Man Who Read Love StoriesDirector
- 1999Spank!Producer
- 1998Three ForeverProducer
- 1998Dance Me to My SongProducer
- 1998The Sound of One Hand ClappingProducer
- 1997Alien VisitorWriter
- 1996The Quiet RoomDirector
- 1993Bad Boy BubbyProducer
- 1991DingoDirector
- 1989Incident at Raven's GateWriter
- 1986Thank You JackDirector
- 1985Best EnemiesScript Consultant
- 1984Tale of a TigerWriter
- 1983Gary's StoryProducer
- 1980Tread SoftlyProducer
- 1979The AuditionProducer
- 1979Tasmania's South West: A Wilderness in QuestionProducer
- 1978CassAssistant Director
- 1978The ColonelDirector
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