Dennis O'Rourke
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Male
Birthday 1945-08-14
Deathday 2013-06-13 (67 years old)
Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Dennis O'Rourke
Biography
Australian-born director Dennis O'Rourke is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. While living in Papua New Guinea, he completed the critically-acclaimed feature Yumi Yet - Independence for Papua New Guinea. O-Rourke died in 2013.
Known For
Director
2005
Land Mines: A Love Story
as Director
2000
Cunnamulla
as Director
1991
The Good Woman of Bangkok
as Director
1988
Cannibal Tours
as Director
1986
Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age
as Director
1984
Couldn't Be Fairer
as Director
1983
1982
The Sharkcallers of Kontu
as Director
1981
Yap: How Did You Know We'd Like TV?
as Director
1978
Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea
as Director
1977
Yumi Yet
as Director
Producer
2005
Land Mines: A Love Story
as Producer
2000
Cunnamulla
as Producer
1984
Couldn't Be Fairer
as Producer
Writer
1986
Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age
as Writer
1977
Yumi Yet
as Writer
Camera
1984
Couldn't Be Fairer
as Director of Photography
Editor
2000
Cunnamulla
as Editor
Actor
1996
Taking Pictures
as Himself