Rudolf Buitendach
film director
Rudolf Buitendach (or Rudolf B.) is a South African born film director and editor.
Works
Buitendach's short film Indoor Fireworks, produced by Sleevemonkey Films, was the world's first fully uncompressed film shot on the Viper filmstream camera and lauded by such artists as filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and composer Angelo Badalamenti (who scored the film). It was picked up by Canal Plus for European distribution.
His short Rearview was nominated by BBC Three as best short of 2006 in their new talent strand and also screened at the LA International Shortsfest and Brief Encounters. It was shortlisted by the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival for a Golden Melies nomination and also screened in Cannes and Venice. In 2007 he was a finalist in the filmaka.com international filmmaking competition.
Buitendach also works as a film trailer editor and creative director. His trailer for The Brotherhood of the Wolf was nominated for a Golden Trailer Award in 2002. In 2007 he was nominated for two Golden Trailer Awards for best International drama trailer for Snowcake and for best Comedy Trailer for Waiter. In 2008 he worked on the trailer for the Joy Division biopic Control; the trailer was nominated for a Key Art award.
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