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Leonard Retel Helmrich

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer

August 16, 1959 (66 years)
Leonard Retel Helmrich is a Dutch filmmaker who worked as a drama director and cameraman in the Netherlands before going to Indonesia to make a series of documentaries that have won awards world wide. His most famous film Shape Of The Moon won Best Documentary in the World Docs Competition at Sundance 2005 as well as at the International Documentary Film festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2004.

Known For

  • Position Among the Stars
    Position Among the Stars2010
  • Shape of the Moon
    Shape of the Moon2005
  • The Eye of the Day
    The Eye of the Day2001
  • Raw Herring
    Raw Herring2013
  • Klanken van Oorsprong
    Klanken van Oorsprong2018
  • Het Phoenix mysterie
    Het Phoenix mysterie1990

Filmography

2017
The Long Season
2013
Raw Herring
2010
Position Among the Stars
2004
Shape of the Moon
2001
The Eye of the Day
1990
Het Phoenix mysterie

2010
Position Among the Stars
2004
Shape of the Moon
2001
The Eye of the Day
1990
Het Phoenix mysterie

2010
Parradox · as Self

1989
Lost in Amsterdam · as Cast

2018
Klanken van Oorsprong

2018
Klanken van Oorsprong · as Cinematographer
2015
Containment · as Cinematographer
2013
Raw Herring · as Director Of Photography
2010
Position Among the Stars · as Cinematographer
2008
The Burning Season · as Cinematographer
2008
Beautiful Crazy · as Cinematographer
2004
Shape of the Moon · as Cinematographer
2001
The Eye of the Day · as Cinematographer
1999
Independent Lens · as Cinematographer