Profiles

Rolf de Heer

Writer / Director

Rolf de Heer has directed (and mostly also written and produced) fourteen feature films of almost as many different genres, including Bad Boy Bubby, The Tracker, Ten Canoes, and most recently, Charlie's Country. Born in 1951 in Holland, Rolf migrated to Australia with his family in 1959. He worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for seven years, then in 1977 was granted entry into Australia's Film Television and Radio School. He has gone on to make more than a dozen films, generally low budget, and has gained substantial international recognition.