Rolf de Heer
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Rolf de Heer is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
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Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, writer and producer living in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. De Heer was born in Heemskerk
Heemskerk
Heemskerk is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-Local government:The municipal council of Heemskerk consists of 25 seats, which are divided as follows:* PvdA - 5 seats* CDA - 5 seats* VVD - 5 seats...
in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School
Australian Film Television and Radio School
The Australian Film, Television and Radio School is the Australian national centre for professional education and advanced training in film, television, radio and digital media. The School is an Australian Commonwealth government statutory authority...
in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and is based in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
. 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
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
appears as an actor. Miles Davis collaborated with Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
on the score. He is the subject of the book "Dutch Tilt, Aussie Auteur: The Films of Rolf de Heer" (Saarbrücken: VDM, 2009) by D. Bruno Starrs.
Ten Canoes
- 2006 Cannes Film Festival2006 Cannes Film FestivalThe 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury....
- winner of "Un Certain RegardUn Certain RegardUn Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
" - Special Jury Prize - 2006 Flanders International Film Festival - winner of the Grand Prix, shared with Peter Djigirr
- 2006 Australian Film Institute AwardsAustralian Film Institute AwardsThe Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
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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 AwardsFilm Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2006The 15th Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, 2006, honored the best in film for 2006.-Winners:Best Film*Ten Canoes Best Director*Ray Lawrence Best Actress*Abbie Cornish...
- 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
- 2006 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
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The Tracker
- 2002 Venice Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalThe Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
- 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
- 1993 Venice Film FestivalVenice Film FestivalThe Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
- Special Jury Prize - 1994 Australian Film Institute (AFI) awards:
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- winner for Best Director
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Filmography
- Tale of a Tiger (1984)
- Thank You JackThank You Jack"Thank You Jack" is a song by Paddy Reilly, Ray Treacy, and the Shamrock Rovers Squad. It was made in honor of Ireland's 1994 World Cup Campaign....
(1985) (TV) - Incident at Raven's GateIncident at Raven's GateIncident at Raven's Gate is a 1988 science fiction arthouse feature film directed by prominent Australian director Rolf de Heer....
(1988) - DingoDingo (film)Dingo is a 1991 Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and written by Marc Rosenberg. It traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson , an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross...
(1991) - Bad Boy BubbyBad Boy BubbyBad Boy Bubby is an Australian black comedy/drama film written and directed by Rolf de Heer. It stars Nicholas Hope and Carmel Johnson. It was released in 1993....
(1993) - The Quiet RoomThe Quiet RoomThe Quiet Room is a 1996 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Celine O'Leary - Mother* Paul Blackwell - Father* Chloe Ferguson - Girl Age 7* Phoebe Ferguson - Girl Age 3...
(1996) - Epsilon (1997)
- Dance Me to My SongDance Me to My SongDance Me to My Song is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. The film grossed $175,138 at the box office in Australia.-Cast:* John Brumpton - Eddie* Danny Cowles - Joe...
(1998) - The Sound of One Hand ClappingThe Sound of One Hand ClappingThe Sound of One Hand Clapping is a 1997 novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan. The title is adapted from the famous Zen kōan of Hakuin Ekaku. The Sound of One Hand Clapping was Flanagan's second novel.-Plot summary:...
(1998) (producer) - Spank (1999) (producer)
- The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2000)
- The TrackerThe TrackerThe Tracker is an Australian drama film produced in 2002. It was directed and written by Rolf de Heer. It is a set in 1922 in outback Australia where a racist white colonial policeman used the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker to find the murderer of a white woman...
(2002) - Alexandra's ProjectAlexandra's ProjectAlexandra's Project is a 2003 drama/thriller Australian movie.-Plot:It depicts a family where the protagonist, Steve, comes to find the life that he has been living is a lie. After years of what he believed to be marital bliss, his wife Alexandra confronts him with her dissatisfaction in a most...
(2003) - Ten CanoesTen CanoesTen Canoes is a 2006 film. It was directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starred Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling across the Arafura Swamp, taken by anthropologist Donald Thomson in...
(2006) - The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (2006) (TV)
- Dr PlonkDr PlonkDr Plonk is a 2007 Australian film directed by Adelaide-based Australian director Rolf de Heer. It premiered in Australia in March 2007 at the Adelaide Film Festival. It is a silent film and at the premiere had live accompaniment by the Stiletto Sisters. The film was also screened at the launch of...
(2007) - Twelve Canoes (2008)