Leonard Retel Helmrich
An image from The Long Season, one of the productions that also features Leonard Retel Helmrich.

Leonard Retel Helmrich

August 16, 1959 — Tilburg

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.

Position Among the Stars

Position Among the Stars

2011

Beautiful Crazy

Beautiful Crazy

2009

The Eye of the Day

The Eye of the Day

2001

Shape of the Moon

Shape of the Moon

2005

Moving Objects

1991

The Long Season

The Long Season

2017

Raw Herring

2013

Burp!

Burp!

1986