Hanny R. Saputra (born 11 May 1965) is an Indonesian director. One of his films, '' Under the Protection of Ka'Bah'', was Indonesia's submission for the

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in the

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Biography

Saputra was born in

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, on 11 May 1965. As a child he enjoyed watching movies, and in 1985 he enrolled in the

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to learn filmmaking. In 1997 he made his directorial debut with the

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''Sepanjang Jalan Kenangan'' (''Along Memory Lane''), which was not picked up by any stations as it was considered too idealistic. He released his first feature film, ''Tato'', in 2002. After input from senior filmmakers Leo Sutanto and Lo Fen Koei, he began to focus more on commercially viable films, releasing ''Virgin'' two years later. After ''Virgin'', Saputra directed the 2006 hit ''

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'' starring

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and Irwansyah; this was followed by another film starring the couple, '' Love is Cinta'', the following year. Saputra subsequently directed Septriasa twice more. Saputra was approached to direct the 2011 religious drama '' Di Bawah Lindungan Ka'bah'' (''Under the Protection of Ka'Bah'', based on the novel by

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) after its previous director left the project. He used considerable

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in the adaption, to the point Makbul Mubarak of ''

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'' commented that he seemed to have only used the opening and closing of the source material. The film was Indonesia's submission to the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. , Saputra has directed 10 films.

Awards and recognition

Rizal Iwan, writing for ''The Jakarta Post'', calls Saputra "a seriously gifted filmmaker, who is somehow constantly stuck with bad scripts". ''Sepanjang Jalan Kenangan'' received 8 Vidia Awards and was selected as Best Film the Indonesian ''Sinetron'' Festival.

Filmography

*''Virgin'' (2004) *''Mirror'' (2005) *''

'' (2006) *'' Love is Cinta'' (2007) *''Sst... Jadikan Aku Simpanan'' (''Sst... Make Me Your Mistress''; 2010) *''Sweetheart'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011) *''Milli & Nathan'' (2011) *''Di Bawah Lindungan Kabah'' ('' Under the Protection of Ka'Bah''; 2011) *''12 Menit Kemenangan Untuk selamanya'' (2014)

Awards and nominations

References

Bibliography

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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saputra, Hanny 1965 births Living people Indonesian film directors People from Salatiga