The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Indonesia
This page contains a list of the greatest Indonesian Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 1,581 Film Directors, 1 of which were born in Indonesia. This makes Indonesia the birth place of the 78th most number of Film Directors behind North Macedonia and New Caledonia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indonesian Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Indonesian Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Usmar Ismail (1921 - 1971)
With an HPI of 44.42, Usmar Ismail is the most famous Indonesian Film Director. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Usmar Ismail (20 March 1921 – 2 January 1971) was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. He is widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the cinema of Indonesia.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as film directors born between 1921 and 1921. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased film directors include Usmar Ismail. As of April 2022, 1 new film directors have been added to Pantheon including Usmar Ismail.
