Dennis O'Rourke

1945 - 2013 (age 67) • Directing

Born: 8/14/1945 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Died: 6/13/2013 (age 67)

Known for: Directing

Dennis O'Rourke

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

Cannibal Tours

62%

Director

1988

First Contact

71%

Cinematography

1982

Cunnamulla

60%

Director

2000

The Good Woman of Bangkok

57%

Director

1991

Angels of War

65%

Cinematography

1983

Yumi Yet

55%

Writer

1977

Half Life

66%

Director

1986

Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

62%

Director

1978

Dennis O'Rourke on Dennis O'Rourke

Self

2008

Dennis O'Rourke on Dennis O'Rourke

Director

2008

Land Mines: A Love Story

Director

2005

Land Mines: A Love Story

Producer

2005

Cunnamulla

60%

Director

2000

Cunnamulla

60%

Producer

2000

Cunnamulla

60%

Editor

2000

Taking Pictures

Himself

1996

The Good Woman of Bangkok

57%

Director

1991

Cannibal Tours

62%

Director

1988

Half Life

66%

Director

1986

Half Life

66%

Writer

1986

Half Life

66%

Producer

1986

Half Life

66%

Cinematography

1986

Couldn't Be Fairer

Director

1984

Couldn't Be Fairer

Director of Photography

1984

Couldn't Be Fairer

Producer

1984

Angels of War

65%

Cinematography

1983

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

Director

1983

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

Director

1983

First Contact

71%

Cinematography

1982

The Sharkcallers of Kontu

90%

Director

1982

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

100%

Director

1981

Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

62%

Director

1978

Yumi Yet

55%

Writer

1977

Yumi Yet

55%

Director

1977