Dennis O'Rourke

Dennis O'Rourke was born on 14 August 1945 in Brisbane. After two years at university, he travelled through the outback, the Pacific islands and Southeast Asia, teaching himself photography, then joined public broadcasting, where he became a cameraman. From 1974 to 1979 he lived in Papua New Guinea and taught documentary filmmaking for the government of the new state; he made his first films there. His later documentaries often provoke controversy because of the place he takes among those he films. He died of cancer on 15 June 2013, in Cairns.

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• CinemaHalf LifeDennis O'Rourke · 1985Cinema