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Leonard Retel Helmrich

b. 1959 — d. 2023 (aged 64) Tilburg
Cinematographer Director Writer

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.

Known For

Shape of the Moon
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★ 7.4
Shape of the Moon
2004
Position Among the Stars
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★ 8.0
Position Among the Stars
2010
Raw Herring
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★ 7.2
Raw Herring
2013
The Long Season
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★ 6.1
The Long Season
2017

Filmography

Klanken van Oorsprong
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★ 8.1
Klanken van Oorsprong
2018 Cinematographer
The Long Season
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★ 6.1
The Long Season
2017 Director
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Tagore's Natir Puja: The Court Dancer
2016 Cinematographer
Raw Herring
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★ 7.2
Raw Herring
2013 Director Cinematographer
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Leonard Helmrich talks to Grolsch Film Works
2011 Self
Position Among the Stars
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★ 8.0
Position Among the Stars
2010 Director Writer Cinematographer
Beautiful Crazy
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★ 5.6
Beautiful Crazy
2008 Cinematographer
The Burning Season
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★ 7.0
The Burning Season
2008 Cinematographer
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★ 7.8
In My Father's Country
2008 Cinematographer
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★ 8.0
Contractpensions - Djangan loepah!
2008 Cinematographer
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Promised Paradise
2007 Director Cinematographer
Shape of the Moon
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★ 7.4
Shape of the Moon
2004 Director Writer Cinematographer
The Eye of the Day
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★ 7.8
The Eye of the Day
2001 Director Writer Cinematographer
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Moving Objects
1991 Director Writer
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★ 7.8
Het Phoenix mysterie
1990 Director Writer
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