Rudolf Buitendach

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.