Usmar Ismail
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 20, 1921, Fort de Kock, Dutch East Indies
- Died
- January 2, 1971
- Movies
- 37
Usmar Ismail (born March 20, 1921 - January 2, 1971) 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.
His talents further developed while working at Keimin Bunka Sidosho (the Japanese Cultural Center Headquarters). There, he collaborated with Armijn Pane and other cultural figures to stage theatrical performances.
In 1943, he founded and became the chairman of the theater group Sandiwara Penggemar "Maya" along with Abu Hanifah, Rosihan Anwar, Cornel Simanjuntak, Sudjojono, H.B. Jassin, and others.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1956 | The Three Maidens | Tamsil |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1970 | Bali | Director |
| 1970 | Ananda | Director, Writer |
| 1969 | The Big Village | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1968 | Ja Mualim | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1967 | Menjusuri Djedjak Berdarah | Producer |
| 1966 | Dibalik Tjahaja Gemerlapan | Producer |
| 1965 | The Artist's Holiday | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 1964 | Anak-anak Revolusi | Screenplay, Director |
| 1963 | Masa Topan dan Badai | Producer |
| 1962 | Shadows at Dawn | Producer, Screenplay, Director |
| 1962 | The Virgin in the Robbers' Nest | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1961 | Toha, Pahlawan Bandung Selatan | Producer, Screenplay, Director |
| 1961 | Amor dan Humor | Director, Screenplay |
| 1960 | The Struggle | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1960 | Laruik Sandjo | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1959 | Victim of Slander | Director |
| 1958 | Girl's Dormitory | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1958 | Djendral Kantjil | Producer |
| 1958 | Whips of Fire | Producer |
| 1957 | Delapan Pendjuru Angin | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1957 | Sengketa | Producer, Director |
| 1957 | Three Fugitives | Producer |
| 1956 | The Three Maidens | Producer, Screenplay, Director |
| 1955 | Lagi-Lagi Krisis | Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1955 | Exalted Guest | Director, Producer |
| 1954 | After the Curfew | Producer, Director |
| 1954 | Heboh | Producer |
| 1953 | Kafedo | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1953 | Krisis | Director, Producer |
| 1953 | The Tiger from Tjampa | Producer |
| 1952 | Terimalah Laguku | Producer |
| 1951 | Six Hours in Djogja | Producer, Director |
| 1951 | Unforgivable Sin | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1950 | The Long March | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1949 | Tjitra | Director |
| 1949 | Harta Karun | Director, Screenplay |
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