Director

Rolf de Heer

Directing

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TMDB popularity

2.5

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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 0All crew credits: 32

TMDB ID: 112674

IMDb ID: nm0208854

Known for: Directing

Born: May 4, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: Heemskerk, The Netherlands

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2024

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 6.49

Wikidata: Q1374169

Also known as

Рольф де Хир • 롤프 드 히어 • 롤프 드 헤르

Frequent jobs

Director (9)Assistant Director (1)Producer (10)Writer (8)Production Assistant (1)Script Consultant (1)Script Editor (1)Thanks (1)

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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).