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Dennis O'Rourke

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Born: August 14, 1945
Died: June 13, 2013
From: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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

Cannibal Tours

The Good Woman of Bangkok

Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

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

The Sharkcallers of Kontu

Filmography

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2008

Dennis O'Rourke on Dennis O'Rourke

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2005

Land Mines: A Love Story

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2000

Directing (Director) Editing (Editor) Production (Producer)

1996

Taking Pictures

Acting (Himself)

1991

The Good Woman of Bangkok

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1988

Cannibal Tours

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1986

Directing (Director) Writing (Writer) Production (Producer) Crew (Cinematography)

1984

Couldn't Be Fairer

Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography) Production (Producer)

1983

Angels of War

Crew (Cinematography)

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

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

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1982

First Contact

Crew (Cinematography)

The Sharkcallers of Kontu

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1981

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

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1978

Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

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1977

Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)