Name: Joko Anwar Day of Birth: 3 January 1975

Background:
Joko Anwar adalah kritikus film di Indonesia dan penulis untuk The Jakarta Post. Pada saat sedang wawancara dengan Nia Dinata untuk karya tulisnya, produser filmnya kagum dan memintanya untuk menulis proyek baru untuk Nia yang nantinya diketahui dengan judul Arisan! (2003). Film tersebut mendapatkan penjualan dan sangat sukses juga memenangkan banyak penghargaan termasuk “Best Film” untuk Film Festival Indonesia tahun 2005 dan “Best Movie” untuk Indonesia Movie Awards tahun 2004.
Joko nantinya menulis dan mengarahkan acara mock-reality show berjudul Ajang Ajeng (2004) untuk MTV Indonesia yang ternyata membuat acara yang sedang naik daun tersebut sangat menghibur. Ia akhirnya mengarahkan sebuah film, komedi romantis berjudul Janji Joni (2005), yang dulunya ia tulis pada saat ia masih di bangku kuliah tahun 1998. Film tersebut menjadi box office nomor 1 di Indonesia pada saat itu dan memenangkan “Best Movie” di MTV Indonesia Movie Awards tahun 2005. SET Foundation yang dipimpin oleh pembuat film Indonesia terkenal Garin Nugroho memberikannya penghargaan special atas inovasinya dalam menceritakan cerita di sebuah film. Joko Anwar juga dinominasikan untuk “Emerging Filmmaker Award” di New York Asian American International Film Festival tahun 2005. Janji Joni juga terpilih di berbagai festival film international yang berprestasi termasuk Sydney Film Festival dan Pusan International Film Festival. Pada tahun 2007, Joko Anwar menulis dan mengarahkan film berjudul Kala, Film Indonesia pertama yang memenangkan banyak evaluasi dari berbagai kritikus.

Joko Anwar is an Indonesian film critic and contributing writer for The Jakarta Post. During an interview with Nia Dinata for the paper, the film producer was impressed and asked him to write for her new project which was later titled Arisan! (2003). The film earned commercial and critical success and won numerous awards including "Best Film" at the 2005 Indonesian Film Festival and "Best Movie" at the 2004 MTV Indonesia Movie Awards.
Joko later wrote and directed mock-reality show Ajang Ajeng (2004) for MTV Indonesia which satirized the blossoming reality shows. He went on to direct a feature film, the romantic comedy Joni's Promise (Janji Joni) (2005), which he wrote when he was in college in 1998. This feature directorial debut was the #1 box office hit in Indonesia that year and won "Best Movie" at the 2005 MTV Indonesia Movie Awards. SET Foundation which is chaired by renowned Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho gave him a special award for innovative storytelling in a movie.
Joko Anwar was also nominated for "Emerging Filmmaker Award" at the 2005 New York Asian American International Film Festival. Joni's Promise has been selected in several prestigious international film festivals including by Sydney Film Festival and Pusan International Film Festival. In 2007, Joko Anwar wrote and directed Kala, Indonesia's first tribute to film noir which won rave reviews from critics.

Writer:

1. Quickie Express (2007) (filming)
2. Dead Time: Kala (2007)
   ... aka Kala (Indonesia: Bahasa title: short title)
3. Jakarta Undercover (2006)
4. Janji Joni (2005)
   ... aka Joni's Promise (International: English title)
5. Arisan! (2003)
   ... aka The Gathering (International: English title)
6. Joni Be Brave (2003)

Director:

1. Dead Time: Kala (2007)
   ... aka Kala (Indonesia: Bahasa title: short title)
2. Janji Joni (2005)
   ... aka Joni's Promise (International: English title)
3. "Ajang ajeng" (2004) TV Series
4. Joni Be Brave (2003)

Actor:

1. Koper (2006)
   ... aka The Lost Briefcase (International: English title)
2. Arisan! (2003) .... Restaurant Manager
   ... aka The Gathering (International: English title)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:

1. Arisan! (2003) (first assistant director)
   ... aka The Gathering (International: English title)
2. Biola tak berdawai (2003) (second assistant director)
   ... aka The Stringless Violin (Indonesia: English title)