Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director.
Biography De Heer was born in Heemskerk in the Netherlands, but migrated to Sydney with his family when he was eight years old.Mathieson, Craig: "The King is Dead" in The Age, 8 July 2012 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).
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 Year Title Director Writer Producer 1980 Gary's Story 1984 Tail of a Tiger 1986Thank You Jack1988Incident at Raven's Gate1991Dingo 1993 Bad Boy Bubby1996The Quiet Room1997Epsilon1998Dance Me to My Song2001The Old Man Who Read Love Stories2002The Tracker2003Alexandra's Project2006Ten Canoes 2007Dr. Plonk2012The King Is Dead!2013Charlie's Country2016In the Same Garden2022The Survival of Kindness Television and short films Year Title Director Writer Producer 2006 The Balanda and Bark Canoes2009Twelve Canoes
Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result 1993Venice Film FestivalSpecial Jury PrizeBad Boy Bubby 1994 Australian Film Institute AwardsBest DirectorBest Original Screenplay2002Venice Film FestivalSIGNIS AwardThe TrackerFilm Fest Gent Best Screenplay Valladolid International Film FestivalJury Special PrizeIF AwardsBest Feature Film2006Cannes Film FestivalUn Certain RegardTen CanoesFilm Fest Gent Grand Prix Australian Film Institute AwardsBest DirectionBest FilmBest Original ScreenplayFilm Critics Circle of Australia Awards IF AwardsBest Director NSW History AwardsThe Premier's Audio/Visual History Prize2013Adelaide Film FestivalAudience Award for Most Popular FeatureCharlie's Country2014AACTA AwardBest FilmBest DirectionBest Original ScreenplayCannes Film FestivalUn Certain Regard2023Berlinale Film Festival Golden BearThe Survival of Kindness 2023Berlinale Film FestivalFIPRESCI AwardThe Survival of Kindness
Honours Jury president at the 2026 Tokyo International Film Festival for its section 'Main competition'.
See also List of Australian films
Notes
References 2006 NSW Premier’s History Awards & Fellowships Arts NSW, (Retrieved 17 July 2007) Awards for Rolf de Heer IMDb, (Retrieved 28 July 2007)
Further reading
External links
Vertigo Website 12 Canoes is the follow-up to Ten Canoes, made in collaboration with the Yolngu people of Ramingining and released only on the internet.