Usmar Ismail

from Fort de Kock, Dutch East Indies

Artwork for The Three MaidensImage of Usmar Ismail

Biography

Usmar Ismail was an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is dubbed the godfather of Indonesian films. The date of Indonesia's National Film Day (March 30), is dated from the first day of shooting Darah dan Doa (1950), Ismail's third film.

Timeline

1970Aged 49

  • Poster for Ananda

    Story

  • Poster for Bali

    Director

1969Aged 48

  • Poster for The Big Village

    Story

1968Aged 47

1967Aged 46

1966Aged 45

  • Poster for Dibalik Tjahaja Gemerlapan

    Producer

1965Aged 44

  • Poster for The Artist's Holiday

    Producer

1964Aged 43

1963Aged 42

1962Aged 41

  • Poster for The Virgin in the Robbers' Nest

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Shadows at Dawn

    Story

1961Aged 40

  • Poster for Amor dan Humor

    Story

  • Poster for Toha, Pahlawan Bandung Selatan

    Producer

1960Aged 39

1959Aged 38

  • Poster for Victim of Slander

    Director

1958Aged 37

  • Poster for Whips of Fire

    Producer

  • Poster for Djendral Kantjil

    Producer

  • Poster for Girl's Dormitory

    Producer

1957Aged 36

1956Aged 35

  • Poster for The Three Maidens

    Tamsil

1955Aged 34

  • Poster for Exalted Guest

    Producer

  • Poster for Lagi-Lagi Krisis

    Story

1954Aged 33

  • Poster for Heboh

    Producer

  • Poster for After the Curfew

    Producer

1953Aged 32

1952Aged 31

  • Poster for Terimalah Laguku

    Producer

1951Aged 30

  • Poster for Unforgivable Sin

    Writer

  • Poster for Six Hours in Djogja

    Story

  • Poster for Embun

    Story

1950Aged 29

  • Poster for The Long March

    Producer

1949Aged 28

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