Rudolf Buitendach

Rudolf Buitendach

editor, director, producer

Rudolf Buitendach was born on May 21, 1969 in South Africa. Rudolf Buitendach's big-screen debut came with Indoor Fireworks directed by Rudolf Buitendach in 2003. Rudolf Buitendach is known for Under Spanish Skies directed by Nathan Buck, Amr Waked stars as Andrés and Philippe Brenninkmeyer as Gregory. Rudolf Buitendach has got 10 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Rudolf Buitendach achieved is California Women's Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Rudolf Buitendach plays is Apartment 407 which will be released on Jun 01, 2022.

Rudolf is a British/South African director with an award winning body of work that include screenings in Cannes, Venice and Los Angeles. 'Indoor Fireworks' was the world's first fully digital film shot on the groundbreaking 2K Viper film-stream camera, later used by David Fincher. After being nominated by the BBC as best new director, Rudolf directed his theatrical debut 'Dark Hearts' in 2011 starring X-Men's Lucas Till and Goran Visjnic (ER, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), the film debuted on Showtime. In 2012 Rudolf directed his second theatrical feature 'Where The Road Runs Out' starring Cesar winner Isaach De Bankole and Saturn nominee Juliet Landau, the first feature film ever to shoot in Equatorial Guinea. It won Grand Jury prize at the San Diego international Film Festival, a Black Reel award and debuted on Netflix. In 2013 Rudolf directed 'Apartment 407' aka 'Selling Isobel', a dark thriller based on a true story about sex trafficking, starring Frida Farrel (Contract Killers), Matthew Marsden (Rambo), Alison Stoner (Step Up 3D) and Lew Temple (Walking Dead). It won the Best Independent Film award at the 2016 Raindance Film Festival and Best International film at the European Independent Film Festival. In 2017 Rudolf directed 'Hex', a supernatural Canadian thriller, filmed in Cambodia, released theatrically in the US and on Amazon Prime.

  • Birthday

    May 21, 1969
  • Place of Birth

    Vereeniging, South Africa

Known For

Awards

10 wins & 3 nominations

California Women's Film Festival
2018
Best Feature Narrative
Winner - Festival Award
Black Reel Awards
2017
Outstanding World Cinema Motion Picture
Winner - Black Reel
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