Rolf de Heer

Rolf de Heer interests me precisely because he straddles two worlds, born in the Netherlands and making his name as a director in Australia. Filmmakers who carry one culture into another often see stories from an angle natives miss, and that double vision is a quiet superpower. He works as both writer and producer, which to me signals an artist who wants total authorship of his vision rather than handing it off. Ten Canoes, shot entirely in an Aboriginal language, won a special jury prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard, and Dingo remains the only film in which Miles Davis acted, which tells you what a stubborn, singular voice he is. He's exactly the sort of director I'd seek out and champion.

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Name (English)

Rolf de Heer

Name (Japanese)

ロルフ・デ・ヒーア

Reading

ろるふ・で・ひーあ

Born

May 4, 1951 (age 75)

Origin

Heemskerk, North Holland, Netherlands

Occupation

film director / film producer / screenwriter / director / producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

• Official sitehttps://www.vertigoproductions.com.au
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf%20de%20Heer
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1374169

Tags

• North Holland
• film director
• film producer
• screenwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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