Leonard Retel Helmrich

Personal Info

Known For Director

Birthday 1959-08-16 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Tilburg

Leonard Retel Helmrich

Biography

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

Director

Promised Paradise

as Director

2017
The Long Season

as Director

2013
Raw Herring

as Director

2011
2005
Shape of the Moon

as Director

2001
The Eye of the Day

as Director

1991
Moving Objects

as Director

1990

Camera

2013
Raw Herring

as Director of Photography

2011
Position Among the Stars

as Camera Operator

2008
2005
Shape of the Moon

as Camera Operator

2001
The Eye of the Day

as Camera Operator

Editor

1986
Burp!

as Editor

Crew

2009
Beautiful Crazy

as Cinematography

Writer

1990

Producer

2017
Tarling is Darling

as Executive Producer