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Rolf de Heer
Director 75 years old

Rolf de Heer

Heemskerk, The Netherlands

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... Read full bio →

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7 titles
Ten Canoes

Ten Canoes

Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer 2006 1h 30m 7.0

In Australia's Northern Territory, a man tells us a story of his people and his land. It's about an older man, Minygululu, who has three wives and realizes that his younger brother Dayindi may try to steal away the youngest wife.

Alexandra's Project

Alexandra's Project

Rolf de Heer 2003 1h 43m 7.3

A regular suburban family man comes home from work on his birthday to find a deserted house and a videotape waiting to be played...

Dance Me to My Song

Dance Me to My Song

Rolf de Heer 1998 1h 41m

The story of Julia, a disabled woman in a wheelchair and voice synthesizer, who's trapped psychologically by a cruel, manipulative caregiver. After the arrival of a mysterious man, Julia begins to question the day-to-day dramas and frustrations she's tolerated for years.

The Quiet Room

The Quiet Room

Rolf de Heer 1996 1h 32m

A seven-year-old girl adopts a vow of silence in protest when her quarrelsome parents grow increasingly hostile to one another.

Bad Boy Bubby

Bad Boy Bubby

Rolf de Heer 1993 1h 54m 7.8

Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world.

Dingo

Dingo

Rolf de Heer 1991 1h 49m

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...

Incident at Raven's Gate

Incident at Raven's Gate

Rolf de Heer 1988 1h 34m

Ex-con Eddie Cleary gets a job working on his older brother's isolated farm. It's not long before bizarre things start happening--dead birds falling out of the sky, family pets attacking their owners, strange apparitions beginning to appear, and people who had been "normal" suddenly going insane.

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