
Rolf de Heer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 4, 1951
- Birthplace
- 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 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).
Filmography

A Portrait of Love 2024
Producer

The Survival of Kindness 2023
Director, Writer, Producer

My Name Is Gulpilil 2021
Writer, Producer

Running With Crutches 2020
Producer
- The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room 2018
Producer

Youth on the March 2017
Thanks

In the Same Garden 2016
Writer, Director

Picture 2015
Production Assistant

Another Country 2015
Producer, Writer

Still Our Country 2014
Producer

Charlie's Country 2013
Director, Writer, Producer

The King Is Dead! 2012
Director, Writer, Producer

Twelve Canoes 2009
Director, Writer, Producer

Dr. Plonk 2007
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Idea, Story, Writer

The Balanda and the Bark Canoes 2006
as Self - Narrator, Director, Writer, Producer

Ten Canoes 2006
Writer, Director, Producer

Alexandra's Project 2003
Writer, Producer, Director

The Tracker 2002
Director, Writer, Producer, Lyricist

Gulpilil: One Red Blood 2002
as Self

Serenades 2001
Script Editor

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories 2001
Director, Screenplay

Spank! 1999
Producer

Three Forever 1998
Producer

Dance Me to My Song 1998
Director, Producer, Writer

The Sound of One Hand Clapping 1998
Producer

Alien Visitor 1997
Director, Writer, Producer

The Quiet Room 1996
Director, Screenplay, Producer

Bad Boy Bubby 1993
Director, Writer, Producer

Dingo 1991
Director, Producer

Incident at Raven's Gate 1989
Director, Writer, Producer
- Thank You Jack
Thank You Jack 1986
Director, Producer

Best Enemies 1985
Script Consultant

Tale of a Tiger 1984
Writer, Director

Gary's Story 1983
Producer
- Tread Softly
Tread Softly 1980
Producer
- Tasmania's South West: A Wilderness in Question
Tasmania's South West: A Wilderness in Question 1979
Producer
- The Audition
The Audition 1979
Director, Producer

Cass 1978
Assistant Director, Third Assistant Director
- The Colonel
The Colonel 1978
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.