Dennis O'Rourke

Personal Info

Born: 1945-08-14
Died: 2013-06-13

Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Known For: Directing

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.

Acting (Movies)

Taking Pictures

Himself
1996
0.0

Directing

Yap: How Did You Know We'd Like TV?

Director
1981
0.0

Cannibal Tours

Director
1988
5.9

Cunnamulla

Director
2000
5.6

The Human Face of the Pacific: The Marshall Islands. Living with the Bomb

Director
1983
0.0

The Human Face of the Pacific: Fiji. Legacies of Empire

Director
1983
0.0

The Good Woman of Bangkok

Director
1991
5.0

Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age

Director
1986
6.5

The Sharkcallers of Kontu

Director
1982
0.0

Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

Director
1978
5.8

Yumi Yet

Director
1977
5.5

Couldn't Be Fairer

Director
1984
0.0

Land Mines: A Love Story

Director
2005
0.0

Writing

Yumi Yet

Writer
1977
5.5

Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age

Writer
1986
6.5

Camera

Couldn't Be Fairer

Director of Photography
1984
0.0

Production

Couldn't Be Fairer

Producer
1984
0.0

Land Mines: A Love Story

Producer
2005
0.0

Cunnamulla

Producer
2000
5.6

Editing

Cunnamulla

Editor
2000
5.6