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56-434: Joko Anwar (born 3 January 1976) is an Indonesian film director , producer , screenwriter , and actor . Prior to becoming a filmmaker, he worked as a journalist and film critic . Anwar first rose to prominence for co-writing Nia Dinata 's 2003 hit Arisan! which won five awards at the 2004 Citra Award . He then made his feature film directorial debut with the romantic comedy Joni's Promise in 2005, gaining

112-430: A Best Director nomination at the 2005 Citra Award . He has since directed a wide range of genres: the noir thriller Dead Time: Kala (2007), psychological thriller The Forbidden Door (2009), supernatural horror Satan's Slaves (2017) and its sequel Satan's Slaves 2: Communion (2022), and live-action superhero Gundala (2019). In 2024, Anwar's anthology series Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams

168-473: A film school to get a bachelor's degree studying film or cinema. Film students generally study the basic skills used in making a film. This includes, for example, preparation, shot lists and storyboards, blocking, communicating with professional actors, communicating with the crew, and reading scripts. Some film schools are equipped with sound stages and post-production facilities. Besides basic technical and logistical skills, students also receive education on

224-489: A "brainteaser" and that "this extreme arthouse entry will leave a lasting impression on many auds". It received theatrical release in France and was retitled as Ritual for its North American release. In 2015, Anwar released his fifth feature film the urban drama A Copy of My Mind with Chicco Jerikho and Tara Basro in the lead roles. Shot only in 8 days, the film was the only film from Southeast Asia to be screened at

280-667: A convenience store fully naked if he gained 3,000 followers within the day. He ended up gaining over 13 thousand followers and fulfilled the promise, causing minor controversies. As of January 2021, he has 1.7 million followers on Twitter. Anwar has worked with several actors and actresses in multiple films, most notably is Arswendy Bening Swara who appeared in six films and Tara Basro who appeared in five of his films as lead consecutively between A Copy of My Mind in 2015 and Satan's Slaves 2: Communion in 2022. [REDACTED] Media related to Joko Anwar at Wikimedia Commons Film director The film director gives direction to

336-700: A dazzling array of auteur-homage". The film was screened at several international film festivals, including The Times BFI London Film Festival , the International Film Festival Rotterdam , and the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival , where it won the Best of Bucheon award. In the same year, he also played a minor role in Macabre , Timo Tjahjanto 's and Kimo Stamboel 's breakout slasher hit. In 2013, he appeared as

392-480: A flat fee for the project, as a weekly salary, or as a daily rate. A handful of top Hollywood directors made from $ 133.3 million to $ 257.95 million in 2011, such as James Cameron and Steven Spielberg , but the average United States film directors and producers made $ 89,840 in 2018. A new Hollywood director typically gets paid around $ 400,000 for directing their first studio film. The average annual salary in England

448-400: A general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners. Other directors edit or appear in their films or compose music score for their films. A film director's task is to envisage

504-448: A good time to start fresh." In June 2022, Anwar released the trailer for his upcoming feature Satan's Slaves 2: Communion , a sequel to 2017's Satan's Slaves. In April 2022, Anwar was announced to be directing an adaptation of Charles Beaumont 's short story Fritzchen with a screenplay by Michael Voyer. In August 2022, Satan's Slaves 2: Communion was released, surpassing one million admissions after only two days in theatre. It

560-542: A recent trend of more attention to women directors in India, brought on partly by Amazon and Netflix moving into the industry. Of the movies produced in Nollywood , women direct only 2%. There are many different awards for film directing, run by various academies , critics associations , film festivals , and guilds . The Academy Award for Best Director and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director are considered among

616-681: A shady film producer in Sammaria Simanjuntak's satirical comedy Demi Ucok . Anwar's next release was the horror-thriller Modus Anomali , which premiered in Indonesia in April 2012. Anwar cast rising star Rio Dewanto in the lead role as a man who must rescue his family from a killer who is hunting them. The film was screened at the South by Southwest where it received generally positive reviews including from Richard Kuipers of Variety who called it

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672-414: A story he first wrote in 1998. The film propelled Anwar to mainstream success as it became a box office hit and earned 9 nominations at the 2005 Citra Award , including Best Film and Best Director for Anwar, losing to the biographical drama Gie and Hanung Bramantyo ( Brownies ) respectively. The film was credited with reviving the career of Barry Prima , an international martial artist and actor, who

728-403: A way to translate a screenplay into a fully formed film, and then to realize this vision. To do this, they oversee the artistic and technical elements of film production. This entails organizing the film crew in such a way to achieve their vision of the film and communicating with the actors. This requires skills of group leadership, as well as the ability to maintain a singular focus even in

784-508: A yearly salary from ¥4 million to ¥10 million, and the Directors Guild of Japan requires a minimum payment of ¥3.5 million. Korean directors make 300 million to 500 million won for a film, and beginning directors start out making around 50 million won. A Korean director who breaks into the Chinese market might make 1 billion won for a single film. According to a 2018 report from UNESCO ,

840-489: Is Anwar's childhood hero. In 2007, Joko Anwar wrote and directed Dead Time: Kala , Indonesia's first film noir feature film. It won rave reviews from critics with Sight & Sound picking it as one of the year's best while naming Anwar as one of the smartest filmmakers in Asia. The film was screened at numerous film festivals and won a Jury Prize at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival . The Hollywood Reporter praised

896-736: Is a film criticism concept that holds that a film director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur" (the French word for "author"). In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through studio interference and the collective process. Some film directors started as screenwriters , film editors , producers , actors , or film critics , as well as directing for similar media like television and commercials. Several American cinematographers have become directors, including Barry Sonnenfeld , originally

952-401: Is currently the third highest-grossing Indonesian film of all time , with 6.3 million admissions. In September, Netflix announced that they were working on 7 original productions with Indonesian filmmakers, including Anwar who will helm a science-fiction thriller 7-episode limited series titled Nightmares and Daydreams . Frequent collaborators Ario Bayu and Marissa Anita are set to star in

1008-714: Is £50,440, in Canada is $ 62,408, and in Western Australia it can range from $ 75,230 to $ 97,119. In France, the average salary is €4000 per month, paid per project. Luc Besson was the highest paid French director in 2017, making €4.44 million for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets . That same year, the top ten French directors' salaries in total represented 42% of the total directors' salaries in France. Film directors in Japan average

1064-416: The 2015 Venice Film Festival . At the 2015 Citra Award , the film was nominated for 7 awards, including Best Film with Anwar winning Best Director for the first time and Basro winning Best Actress in addition to another win for sound mixing. In his first supernatural horror effort, Anwar released his sixth feature film Satan's Slaves ( Pengabdi Setan ) in 2017. A loose remake of the 1980 cult classic of

1120-544: The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) to study Aeronautical Engineering because his family could not afford to send him to a film school. After graduating in 1999, he became a journalist and film critic at The Jakarta Post . Anwar's first film production experience came as an assistant director in Sekar Ayu Asmara 's directorial debut Biola Tak Berdawai in 2002. During an interview with Nia Dinata , who

1176-475: The 1990s, most Indonesian movie producers created low budget, B movies . Producers suffered revenue losses because of growing piracy. Since 1992, American, Hong Kong, and Taiwanese movies have taken over many theaters. Low budget Indonesian movies get the dregs, such as open theatre cinemas, portable cinemas, direct to video, or on TV. In 2004 the Indonesian Film Festival committee launched and returned

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1232-419: The 2004 Bandung Film Festival. Dinata and Anwar also won praise for their screenplay, receiving a Citra Award nomination for Best Screenplay. In 2005, Anwar made his directorial debut with the romantic comedy Joni's Promise ( Janji Joni ) with a star-studded cast that includes Nicholas Saputra , Mariana Renata , Rachel Maryam , Surya Saputra , and dozens of celebrity cameos, including Nia Dinata, based on

1288-1087: The Berlin/Brandenburg TV station RBB (Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting) and ARTE . In recent decades American directors have primarily been coming out of USC , UCLA , AFI , Columbia University , and NYU , each of which is known for cultivating a certain style of filmmaking. Notable film schools outside of the United States include Beijing Film Academy , Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City, Dongseo University in South Korea, FAMU in Prague, Film and Television Institute of India , HFF Munich , La Fémis in Paris, Tel Aviv University , and Vancouver Film School . Film directors usually are self-employed and hired per project based on recommendations and industry reputation. Compensation might be arranged as

1344-524: The Coen brothers' Director of Photography; Wally Pfister , cinematographer on Christopher Nolan 's three Batman films made his directorial debut with Transcendence (2014). Despite the misnomer, assistant director has become a completely separate career path and is not typically a position for aspiring directors, but there are exceptions in some countries such as India where assistant directors are indeed directors-in-training. Many film directors have attended

1400-683: The Indonesian Film Festival Committee replaced the National Body of Motion Picture as the official event organizer of the Indonesian Film Festival. The Committee was authorized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia to organize the operational process of Citra Awards' ceremony and the selection (voting) of nominations and winners. In 2014, the Indonesian Film Board replaced the Indonesian Film Festival Committee as

1456-675: The Indonesian film industry. During the festival, the Citra Awards winners are announced and the best Indonesian films of the year are presented. The awards ceremony was first held in 1955 as the Pekan Apresiasi Film Nasional (National Film Appreciation Week). It changed to Festival Film Indonesia in 1973. In 1986, the festival included awards for television movies called Vidia Awards . In 1955, 1960, and 1967, Pekan Apresiasi Film Nasional (English: National Film Appreciation Week)

1512-609: The Malaysian crime thriller Fly by Night . In 2018, it was announced that Anwar would helm the live-action adaptation of comic book superhero character Gundala . The film was released domestically in August 2019, launching the first phase of a superhero film series that will make up the BumiLangit Cinematic Universe along with other popular Indonesian comic book superhero characters. Internationally, it premiered at

1568-534: The Midnight Madness section of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival . At the 2019 Citra Award, Gundala received 9 nominations and won 3 for cinematography, sound mixing, and visual effects. Earlier in January 2019, the comedy drama Orang Kaya Baru was released. Anwar wrote the screenplay for the film and received another Citra Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. In October 2019, Anwar released

1624-641: The Sparklings which were originally slated for a 2020 release but were pushed back to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 8 films are planned for the Volume 1 series, all of which will receive treatment from Anwar as the creative producer. In July 2020, Anwar teased his next project on Instagram by posting a collage of all his previous eight films with a ninth picture presumed to be hinting at his ninth feature, writing "My 9th movie. It's on. After 9 movies, probably

1680-467: The cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , producers , film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline

1736-422: The director ensures that all individuals involved in the film production are working towards an identical vision for the completed film. The set of varying challenges they have to tackle has been described as "a multi-dimensional jigsaw puzzle with egos and weather thrown in for good measure". It adds to the pressure that the success of a film can influence when and how they will work again, if at all. Generally,

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1792-435: The director works with the editor to edit the material into the director's cut . Well-established directors have the " final cut privilege ", meaning that they have the final say on which edit of the film is released. For other directors, the studio can order further edits without the director's permission. The director is one of the few positions that requires intimate involvement during every stage of film production . Thus,

1848-549: The event to an annual affair. In 2014 the Indonesian Film Board was formed and FFI changed the award statuette. In 2017 the Indonesian Film Board added two more awards for unique and creative films, raising the total to 21. In 2018 awards were given in 23 categories. Citra Awards are accolades by the Committee to recognize excellence of professionals in the Indonesian film industry , including directors, actors and writers. In 2009,

1904-593: The festival organizer. The festival is audited by Deloitte . The Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia oversees the organizer. The Citra Awards, often mistakenly called the FFI Awards (Indonesian Film Festival), is the title of the event where the Citra Awards and Vidia Awards winners are announced. The categories of Citra Awards are: The following films received at least 12 nominations: The following winners received at least 5 awards: Vidia Awards recognize excellence in

1960-487: The film as "a sophisticated noir whodunit in homage to Fritz Lang's M ". In the same year, Anwar wrote the screenplay for two other major releases: Dimas Djayadiningrat's sex comedy Quickie Express and an adaptation of Moammar Emka's best-selling novel, Jakarta Undercover . The former won Best Film at the 2008 Jakarta International Film Festival . In 2008, Anwar co-wrote the screenplay for psychological thriller fiksi. , Mouly Surya 's directorial debut. The film

2016-474: The film industry throughout the world has a disproportionately higher number of male directors compared to female directors, and they provide as an example the fact that only 20% of films in Europe are directed by women. 44% of graduates from a sample of European films schools are women, and yet women are only 24% of working film directors in Europe. However only a fraction of film school graduates aspire to direct with

2072-530: The film won the Feature Film Jury Prize. Anwar also co-wrote the screenplay for Stip & Pensil with Ernest Prakasa and Bene Dion Rajagukguk , for which they were nominated at the 2017 Citra Awards for Best Original Screenplay. In addition to Satan's Slaves, Anwar appeared in small acting roles in seven films between 2017 and 2018. This includes Galih & Ratna, My Generation, The Underdogs, Daysleepers, 27 Steps of May , and Ave Maryam , and

2128-617: The folk horror Impetigore ( Perempuan Tanah Jahanam ) as his eighth feature film, becoming a critical and commercial success. At the 2020 Citra Award , Anwar won his second Citra Award for Best Director as well as a nomination in the Best Original Screenplay category. He also received another nomination in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for writing Kimo Stamboel 's remake of Indonesian horror classic The Queen of Black Magic . Impetigore 's 17 nominations broke

2184-504: The international film community. TIME magazine film critic Richard Corliss wrote that the film could be "Anwar's calling card for international employment, if only Hollywood moguls wanted something out of their own narrow range" and that it is "an example of what movies could be but rarely dare to try". Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that it "would make [Alfred] Hitchcock and [Pedro] Almodóvar proud" while praising Anwar for "[accessorizing] his creepy suspense-horror with

2240-472: The majority entering the industry in other roles. In Hollywood, women make up only 12.6 percent of film directors, as reported by a UCLA study of the 200 top theatrical films of 2017, but that number is a significant increase from 6.9% in 2016. As of 2014, there were only 20 women in the Directors Guild of Japan out of the 550 total members. Indian film directors are also greatly underrepresented by women, even compared to other countries, but there has been

2296-600: The most influential film directors in modern Indonesian cinema . Anwar was born in Medan , North Sumatra where he grew up watching kung fu and horror films . He went to SMA Negeri 1 Medan, a public school, and spent a year in the United States as an exchange student at the Wheeling Park High School in West Virginia . He wrote and directed plays as a student. While he wanted to study filmmaking, he went to enroll at

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2352-622: The most prestigious awards for directing, and there is even an award for worst directing given out during the Golden Raspberry Awards . Indonesian Film Festival The Indonesian Film Festival ( Indonesian : Festival Film Indonesia , ' FFI' ) is an annual awards ceremony organised by the Indonesian Film Board and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology to celebrate cinematic achievements in

2408-548: The nature of professional relationships that occur during film production. A full degree course can be designed for up to five years of studying. Future directors usually complete short films during their enrollment. The National Film School of Denmark has the student's final projects presented on national TV. Some film schools retain the rights for their students' works. Many directors successfully prepared for making feature films by working in television. The German Film and Television Academy Berlin consequently cooperates with

2464-415: The position of film director is widely considered to be a highly stressful and demanding one. It has been said that "20-hour days are not unusual". Some directors also take on additional roles, such as producing, writing or editing. Under European Union law, the film director is considered the "author" or one of the authors of a film, largely as a result of the influence of auteur theory . Auteur theory

2520-683: The record for most nominations received by a film which was previously held by Mouly Surya 's Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts with 14 nominations in 2018. Internationally, it premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival to generally positive reviews. Josh Hurtado of Screen Anarchy praises Anwar for continuing "to carve out a niche for himself as one of the world's leading genre auteurs, going from strength to strength, he's got an incredibly impressive body of work already, and seems to only get better as he becomes more ambitious." In November 2020, Impetigore

2576-407: The restrictions of the film's budget and the demands of the producer and studio (such as the need to get a particular age rating ). Directors also play an important role in post-production . While the film is still in production, the director sends " dailies " to the film editor and explains their overall vision for the film, allowing the editor to assemble an editor's cut . In post-production,

2632-473: The same name , Satan's Slaves is the highest-grossing Indonesian film of 2017 as well as the highest-grossing horror film of all time in the country with 4.2 million admissions. It also fared well in other territories, including becoming the highest-grossing Indonesian film ever to be released in Malaysia. At the 37th Citra Awards , the film won 7 out of its 13 nominations. At the second Overlook Film Festival ,

2688-733: The series alongside Ruth Marini and Putri Ayudya. The following November, Sri Asih was released in theatre as the second entry to the Bumilangit Cinematic Universe, which Anwar wrote and produced. In 2024, Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams , a seven-episode anthology series created by Anwar, was released on Netflix . The series combines elements of science fiction and horror, with all episodes set in Jakarta during various time periods. Anwar actively interacts with his fans on social media, especially Twitter . In September 2009, he posted on his Twitter account that he would go into

2744-403: The sole superiors of the director are the producers and the studio that is financing the film, although sometimes the director can also be a producer of the same film. The role of a director differs from producers in that producers typically manage the logistics and business operations of the production, whereas the director is tasked with making creative decisions. The director must work within

2800-477: The stressful, fast-paced environment of a film set. Moreover, it is necessary to have an artistic eye to frame shots and to give precise feedback to cast and crew, thus, excellent communication skills are a must. Because the film director depends on the successful cooperation of many different creative individuals with possibly strongly contradicting artistic ideals and visions, they also need to possess conflict-resolution skills to mediate whenever necessary. Thus

2856-479: The top 10 list of highest-grossing Indonesian films of all-time: Satan's Slaves 2: Communion at No. 3 with 6.39 million admissions and Satan's Slaves at No. 9 with 4.2 million admissions. As an actor, Anwar has appeared in multiple films, including starring roles in Edwin 's award-winning feature film debut Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly opposite Ladya Cheryl . In 2019, Indonesia Tatler included Anwar in its list of

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2912-435: Was a huge hit and received universal acclaim. At the 2008 Citra Award, it received 10 nominations and won 4, including Best Screenplay, giving Anwar his first Citra Award. Anwar explored the psychological thriller genre in his next film, The Forbidden Door ( Pintu Terlarang ), which was released in 2009. Starring Fachri Albar and Marsha Timothy as a married couple with dark secrets, the film gained notable recognition from

2968-495: Was announced as Indonesia's official submission for the 2021 Academy Awards . Shortly after the release of Gundala , Anwar was announced as the executive producer to oversee the production of several films included in the planned Volume 1 of Bumilangit Cinematic Universe superhero franchise. The first of these films to follow Gundala will be the Upi Avianto -directed Sri Asih and Ody C. Harahap's Patriot Taruna: Virgo and

3024-415: Was gaining praise for her 2002 release Ca-bau-kan , for The Jakarta Post , Anwar impressed the filmmaker who in turn asked him to join a project she was working on. The two co-wrote the screenplay for what would be Dinata's biggest hit to date Arisan! released in 2003. The film won rave reviews and snatched multiple Best Film awards at the 2004 Citra Award , the 2004 MTV Indonesia Movie Awards , and

3080-570: Was held in Jakarta . From 1973 to 1992, the ceremony was renamed Festival Film Indonesia and became an annual event. The trophy/ award was named Piala Citra (Citra Award). The All-Indonesia Cinema Owners' Association (Gabungan Pengusaha Bioskop Seluruh Indonesia, or GPBSI) awarded the Antemas Prize, named for the producer Antemas . From 1993 to 2003, the festival did not take place because the quantity of good Indonesian movies had dropped significantly. In

3136-613: Was released on Netflix . Anwar has won 3 Citra Awards out of 13 nominations for directing and screenwriting. He won the Best Director Awards twice: in 2015 for the urban drama A Copy of My Mind and in 2020 for the folk horror Impetigore as well as the Best Screenplay Award in 2008 for co-writing Mouly Surya 's Fiksi. . He has also been nominated for a total of 7 Maya Awards , winning Best Director for Satan's Slaves in 2017. As of 2022, Anwar has two films in

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