Migrating by sea from Holland as an eight-year-old, Dirk de Bruyn went on to be a doyen of Australian experimental cinema. But as this intimate film reveals, his work is suffused with the trauma of migration, and the struggle to recognise himself as a ‘new Australian'. In conversation with documentarian Steven McIntyre, Dirk guides us through more than 40 years of his filmmaking: the early years exploring technique and technology, a subsequent phase of unflinching self-examination brought on by upheaval and overseas travel, and more recent projects where he attempts a fusion of personal, cultural, and historical identity. What emerges is an inspiring, rugged, and at times poignant portrait of an artist committed to self-expression and self-discovery through the medium of film.
Dirk de Bruyn
Himself
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist
Menstrual Man
Elmore Leonard: "But Don't Try to Write"
Super Duper Alice Cooper
Chairman Mao - The Last Emperor
Under a Bridge
Your War (I'm One of You): 20 Years of Joan of Arc
The Greatest Knight - William the Marshal
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks
One 11 and 103
The Guerilla is a Poet
