Rolf de Heer

Directing·May 4, 1951·Heemskerk, The Netherlands

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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).

Film	Credit
A Portrait of Love2024 · Producer	Producer
The Survival of Kindness2023 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
My Name Is Gulpilil2021 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Running With Crutches2020 · Producer	Producer
TThe Waiting Room2018 · Producer	Producer
In the Same Garden2016 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Another Country2015 · Producer, Writer	Producer, Writer
Still Our Country2014 · Producer	Producer
Charlie's Country2013 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The King Is Dead!2012 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Twelve Canoes2009 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Dr. Plonk2007 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Writer	Director, Screenplay, Producer, Writer
The Balanda and the Bark Canoes2006 · Self - Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer	Self - Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer
Ten Canoes2006 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Alexandra's Project2003 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Tracker2002 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Gulpilil: One Red Blood2002 · Self	Self
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories2001 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Spank!1999 · Producer	Producer
Three Forever1998 · Producer	Producer
Dance Me to My Song1998 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Sound of One Hand Clapping1998 · Producer	Producer
Alien Visitor1997 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Quiet Room1996 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Bad Boy Bubby1993 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Dingo1991 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Incident at Raven's Gate1989 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
TThank You Jack1986 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Tale of a Tiger1984 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Gary's Story1983 · Producer	Producer
TTread Softly1980 · Producer	Producer
TThe Audition1979 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TTasmania's South West: A Wilderness in Question1979 · Producer	Producer
TThe Colonel1978 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer