Question: Vincent Fantauzzo, is a Melbourne-based Australian portrait artist known for his award winning portraits of Heath Ledger, was an Australian actor and director, Ledger left for the United States in which year, to develop his film career?
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Daperis' recent film work has been compared with that of a "young Mel Gibson", whilst co-stars have likened him to Heath Ledger.  He is the middle child of three.He is the brother of actor and director Daniel Daperis. and he has a younger sister Stephanie Daperis. Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (4 April 197922 January 2008) was an Australian actor and director.  After performing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger left for the United States in 1998 to develop his film career.  His work comprised nineteen films, including "10 Things I Hate About You" (1999), "The Patriot" (2000), "A Knight's Tale" (2001), "Monster's Ball" (2001), "Lords of Dogtown" (2005), "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009), the latter two being posthumous releases.  He also produced and directed music videos and aspired to be a film director. The 14th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Jameson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine "Empire", honored the best films of 2008 and took place on 29 March 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.  During the ceremony, "Empire" presented Empire Awards in 12 categories as well as four honorary awards.  To celebrate the 20th year anniversary of "Empire" magazine a special honorary award was presented, the Actor of our Lifetime and to mark the loss of Heath Ledger, he was awarded the special honorary Heath Ledger Tribute Award.  The Sony Ericsson Soundtrack Award was renamed to "Best Soundtrack" and the Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy award was renamed this year only to "Best Sci-Fi/Superhero".  The Best Newcomer and Best Soundtrack awards were presented for the last time.  Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain hosted the show for the first time.  The awards were sponsored by Jameson Irish Whiskey for the first time. Vincent Fantauzzo (born 1977, Manchester, England), is a Melbourne-based Australian portrait artist known for his award winning portraits of Heath Ledger, Matt Moran, Brandon Walters, Emma Hack, Baz Luhrmann, Asher Keddie and his son Luca.  He has won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, the Archibald Packing Room Prize, and the Archibald People's Choice Award four times. Viva Bianca (born Viva Skubiszewski, ; ] ) is an Australian actress best known for her role as Ilithyia on the Starz network series "" and "".  Bianca graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where she received a best actress award.  She is the daughter of Cezary Skubiszewski, a Polish Australian composer for film, television and orchestra.  Bianca cites Cate Blanchett and Heath Ledger as Australian actors who have influenced her. Cause An Effect is the first album by the former 1200 Techniques frontman, N'fa.  The Australian hip hop artist collaborated with various producers around the world including Roots Manuva, Mr Yoshiaki (The Black Eyed Peas), DJ Peril (of 1200 Techniques) and Deceptikonz (Dawn Raid Entertainment).  Three singles were released from the album, "Seduction is Evil (She's Hot)", "Cause An Effect" and "Universal King (Left Right Left)".  The actor, Heath Ledger, directed two video clips for the album, "Seduction is Evil (She's Hot)" and "Cause An Effect".  In 2010, N'fa re-released the single "Cause An Effect" as an EP with various remixes of the track and video clip on iTunes. Two Hands is a 1999 Australian comedy crime film, written and directed by Gregor Jordan.  The film stars Heath Ledger as Jimmy, a young man in debt to Pando, a local gangster played by Bryan Brown, and also stars Rose Byrne, David Field, and Susie Porter.  It won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film in 1999.  It was filmed in 1998 but was not released in Australia until 29 July 1999.  Before its release, it was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States but was not released to DVD in the US until December 2005. Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-born Australian actor.  He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film "Network", which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes.  He was the first of two persons to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category, and coincidentally also the first of the two Australian actors to have done so, the other being Heath Ledger.
Answer: 1998