Directing

Joko Anwar

born 1976 · Directing

58.4avg grm

3titles

2honors

Honors

2

2026Sitges Film Festival Best Director award

2021Asia's Most Influential Indonesia

Bio

Joko Anwar (born January 3, 1976 in Medan, Indonesia) is a writer-director who started his career as a journalist and film critic. His works include The Forbidden Door (2009), which received the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and A Copy of My Mind (2015), which competed at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. His film Satan's Slaves (2017) was the highest grossing horror of all time in Indonesia.

Filmography

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2010s2 titles

27 Steps of May2018 · as Opponent boxer manager59.4 A

A Copy of My Mind2015 · as Director56.8

2000s1 title

Joni's Promise2005 · as Director58.9

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Joko Anwar

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born1976

known forDirecting

titles on site3

avg GRM58.4

honors2 · Sitges Film Festival Best Director award, 2026

Joko Anwar (born January 3, 1976 in Medan, Indonesia) is a writer-director who started his career as a journalist and film critic. His works include The Forbidden Door (2009), which received the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and A Copy of My Mind (2015), which competed at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. His film Satan's Slaves (2017) was the highest grossing horror of all time in Indonesia.

Filmography

ranked on this site

2010s

2 titles

59.427 Steps of May2018 · as Opponent boxer manager A

56.8A Copy of My Mind2015 · as Director

2000s

1 title

58.9Joni's Promise2005 · as Director

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