Director

Sofia W.D.

Acting

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 563885

IMDb ID: nm0907162

Known for: Acting

Born: October 12, 1924

Died: July 23, 1986

Age: 61

Place of birth: Bandung, Indonesia

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 1994

Years active: 42

Average TMDB rating: 6.15

Wikidata: Q7553681

Also known as

Sofia Waldi • Sofia Waldy • Sofia WD • Sofia • Sofia (Sofia WD)

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Director (3)Producer (1)Screenplay (1)

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Biography

During the Japanese occupation, she attended Andjar Asmara's theater school. In 1948, she made her film debut in Air Mata Mengalir di Tjitaroem, using the name Sofia Waldy. After a divorce from first husband S. Waldy, she married actor W.D. Mochtar and began professionally using the name Sofia W.D., starting in 1964. Not just an award-winning actress of both stage and screen who appeared in well over 100 films, Sofia also became one of Indonesia's first female directors with 1962's Badai-Selatan ("Southern Storm"), a horror tale that was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. She produced, wrote and even operated the camera on a number of films, and was the director of the production companies Film Capital, Libra Film and Dirgahayu Jaya Film over the course of her busy and prolific career.

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