Leonard Retel Helmrich
Known for
Directing
Born
August 16, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Tilburg
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.
Best known work
Beautiful Crazy
2009
Position Among the Stars
2011
The Eye of the Day
2001
Shape of the Moon
2005
Moving Objects
1991
The Long Season
2017
Burp!
1986
Raw Herring
2013
Het Phoenix Mysterie
1990Vrouwen van vandaag
1993Filmography
2017
The Long SeasonDirector
2017
Tarling is DarlingExecutive Producer
2013
Raw HerringDirector, Director of Photography
2011
Position Among the StarsDirector, Camera Operator, Writer
2009
Beautiful CrazyCinematography
2008
Contractpensions - Djangan loepah!Camera Operator
2007
Promised ParadiseDirector
2005
Shape of the MoonDirector, Camera Operator
2001
The Eye of the DayDirector, Camera Operator
1993
Vrouwen van vandaagCinematography
1991
Moving ObjectsDirector
1990
Het Phoenix MysterieDirector, Writer
1986
Burp!Editor