Rolf de Heer is a Dutch-Australian film director, producer, and writer, known for his distinctive and often unconventional approach to filmmaking [1] [2] [3]. Born on May 4, 1951, in Heemskerk, Netherlands, he immigrated to Sydney, Australia, at the age of eight [1] [2] [4]. He pursued his passion for film at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in Sydney, graduating with a Diploma in Directing in 1979 [1] [3] [4]. His production company, Vertigo Productions, is based in Adelaide, Australia [1].

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De Heer's filmography is characterized by its diversity in genre and budget, often exploring themes of social justice, vulnerability, and the human condition [3] [5]. He has written or co-written thirteen original and adapted screenplays that have been made into feature films, and has directed or co-directed fourteen and a half feature films [3]. Notable works include Bad Boy Bubby (1993), which garnered multiple awards at the Venice Film Festival; Ten Canoes (2006), the first full-length Australian feature film made entirely in an Indigenous language, which won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival; and Charlie's Country (2013), selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, for which its star, David Gulpilil, won a Best Actor prize [1] [2] [3] [5] [6] [7]. His films often take creative risks, such as the use of still images instead of depicting violence in The Tracker (2002) or the absence of intelligible dialogue in his recent film, The Survival of Kindness (2023) [5]. The Survival of Kindness won the top jury prize at the Berlin International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI award [5] [8]. De Heer's career highlights also include Dingo (1991), which famously featured jazz legend Miles Davis as an actor and collaborator on the score, and The Quiet Room (1996) and Dance Me to My Song (1998), both selected for competition at Cannes [1] [3] [6]. He is the subject of several books, including Dutch Tilt, Aussie Auteur: The Films of Rolf de Heer by Dr. D. Bruno Starrs and Dancing to His Song: the Singular Cinema of Rolf de Heer by Jane Freebury [1] [5].