Rolf De Heer

E455601

Australian filmmaker film director film producer human screenwriter

Rolf de Heer is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his distinctive, often experimental independent films such as "Bad Boy Bubby" and "Ten Canoes."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rolf de Heer	5
Rolf De Heer canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4663251 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rolf De Heer
Context triple: [Tarzan and the Lost City, producer, Rolf De Heer]

A. Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce is an acclaimed Australian film director known for both influential early work in the Australian New Wave and successful Hollywood thrillers such as "Patriot Games" and "The Bone Collector."
B. Fred Schepisi
Fred Schepisi is an acclaimed Australian film director and screenwriter known for works such as "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith," "A Cry in the Dark," and "Roxanne."
C. Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an acclaimed Australian film director known for his influential role in the Australian New Wave movement and for internationally recognized films such as "Breaker Morant" and "Driving Miss Daisy."
D. Terry George
Terry George is an Irish filmmaker and screenwriter known for directing and writing socially conscious dramas such as "In the Name of the Father," "Hotel Rwanda," and "In the Name of the Father."
E. Alan Parker
Alan Parker was a renowned British film director, producer, and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as "Midnight Express," "Fame," and "Mississippi Burning."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rolf De Heer
Target entity description: Rolf de Heer is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his distinctive, often experimental independent films such as "Bad Boy Bubby" and "Ten Canoes."

A. Phillip Noyce
Phillip Noyce is an acclaimed Australian film director known for both influential early work in the Australian New Wave and successful Hollywood thrillers such as "Patriot Games" and "The Bone Collector."
B. Fred Schepisi
Fred Schepisi is an acclaimed Australian film director and screenwriter known for works such as "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith," "A Cry in the Dark," and "Roxanne."
C. Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford is an acclaimed Australian film director known for his influential role in the Australian New Wave movement and for internationally recognized films such as "Breaker Morant" and "Driving Miss Daisy."
D. Terry George
Terry George is an Irish filmmaker and screenwriter known for directing and writing socially conscious dramas such as "In the Name of the Father," "Hotel Rwanda," and "In the Name of the Father."
E. Alan Parker
Alan Parker was a renowned British film director, producer, and screenwriter known for acclaimed works such as "Midnight Express," "Fame," and "Mississippi Burning."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian filmmaker ⓘ film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived	Australian Film Institute Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival) NERFINISHED ⓘ Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Australia ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1951-05-04 ⓘ
directed	Alexandra’s Project NERFINISHED ⓘ Bad Boy Bubby NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie’s Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Dance Me to My Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Plonk NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten Canoes NERFINISHED ⓘ The King Is Dead! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Man Who Read Love Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quiet Room NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tracker NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	de Heer NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	experimental film ⓘ independent film ⓘ
givenName	Rolf NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	collaborations with Indigenous Australian actors ⓘ portrayals of Australian outback and frontier history ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ
name	Rolf de Heer NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Alexandra’s Project NERFINISHED ⓘ Bad Boy Bubby NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie’s Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Dance Me to My Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Dingo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Plonk NERFINISHED ⓘ Incident at Raven’s Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten Canoes NERFINISHED ⓘ The King Is Dead! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Man Who Read Love Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ The Quiet Room NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tracker NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	film director ⓘ film producer ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Heemskerk, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
produced	Charlie’s Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten Canoes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tracker NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Adelaide, South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
wroteScreenplayFor	Bad Boy Bubby NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlie’s Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Ten Canoes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tracker NERFINISHED ⓘ

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