Born in Surabaya, Indonesia, 29. He majored in Graphic Design at the University of Kristen Petra in Surabaya. He has been invited to participate in both the Berlinale Talent Campus and the Asian Film Academy, organized by the Pusan Film Festival. In 2005 his film Kara, the Daughter of a Tree became the first Indonesian short ever invited to the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. His latest short films are Trip to the Wound which was invited to Rotterdam and screened in competition in Clermont-Ferrand and Hulahoop Soundings. Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly is his debut feature film.