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My Take
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. The record here is thin, but I'd happily wager that beneath the sparse data sits a stubborn, singular voice. He's exactly the sort of under-discussed director I'd seek out and champion.
Overview
Rolf de Heer (born 4 May 1951) is a Dutch Australian film director.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rabbit
- Origin
- Heemskerk, North Holland, Netherlands
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / film producer / screenwriter / director / producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Film director — see all → · Film producer — see all → · More people from Netherlands →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.