Joko Anwar (born January 3, 1976 in Medan, Indonesia) is a writer-director who started his career as a journalist and film critic. His works include The Forbidden Door (2009), which received the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and A Copy of My Mind (2015), which competed at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. His film Satan's Slaves (2017) was the highest grossing horror of all time in Indonesia.

Filmography

• 2026Ghost in the Cell — Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Editor
• 2025Love Therapy — Screenplay
• 2025The Siege at Thorn High — Security Guard, Radio Announcer & News Coverage, Producer, Writer, Director, Editor, Camera Operator
• 2025sMOTHERed — Writer, Producer, Editor, Executive Producer
• 2024Grave Torture — Executive Producer, Editor, Writer, Director
• Joko Anwar's Nightmares and Daydreams — Government Official #1, Director, Writer, Casting, Executive Producer, Editor, Creator
• 2023The Draft! — Thanks
• Tira — Producer
• 2023Virgo and the Sparklings — Producer
• 2022Satan's Slaves 2: Communion — Radio broadcasters / Radio callers / Bus passenger, Writer, Director
• 2022Sri Asih — Writer, Producer
• 2021A World Without — Joko Liauw
• 201927 Steps of May — Opponent Boxer Manager
• 2019Ave Maryam — Father Martin
• 2019Fly By Night — Alan
• 2019Gundala — Director, Writer
• 2019Impetigore — Director, Writer
• 2019Newly Rich — Writer
• 2019The Queen of Black Magic — Writer
• 2018Daysleepers — Tito
• Folklore — Director, Writer
• 2018Reunion Z — Joko Anwar
• 2017Filosofi Kopi 2: Ben & Jody
• 2017Galih & Ratna — Pak Dedi
• 2017Jalanin Aja — Director
• 2017My Generation — Konji's Dad
• 2017Satan's Slaves — Dono Budiono, Writer, Director
• 2017Stip & Pensil — Writer
• Switch — Juri Beasiswa Film #1
• 2017The Underdogs — Papa Ellie
• 2016A Copy of My Mind — Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2016Art Through Our Eyes — Director
• 2016Don't Blink — Director
• 2016Jenny — Director
• 2016Three Sassy Sisters — Taxi Driver
• 2015Coffee Philosophy — Debt Collector
• Halfworlds — Writer, Director, Creator
• 2015Melancholy Is a Movement — Joko
• 2015Nay — Pram (voice)
• 2014Before the Morning Repeated — Anggota DPR
• 20131000 Balon — Polisi 1
• 20133Sum — Ali Ferzat
• 2013Demi Ucok — Produser Hantu
• 2013Mika — Dentist
• 2013The New Found — Director, Writer
• 2012Durable Love — Director, Writer
• 2012Fresh to Move On — Director, Writer
• 2012Grave Torture — Director, Writer, Editor
• 2012Parts of the Heart — Peter Umur 36 Tahun
• 2012Ritual — Director, Writer
• 2012Suncatchers — Writer, Director
• 2011Langit Biru — Mr. Tiko
• 2010Madame X — Aline
• 2009La Promesse — Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Designer
• 2009Macabre — Yuppie #3
• 2009Sing to the Dawn — Ubay (voice)
• 2009The Forbidden Door — Director, Screenplay
• 2008Because of Soccer — Interrogator
• 2008Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly — Yahya
• 2008Fiction. — Screenplay
• 2008Love — Arya
• 2008Love Potpourri — Sutradara Film
• 2007Dead Time — Writer, Director
• 2007Jakarta Undercover — Screenplay
• 2007Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! — Bos
• 2007Quickie Express — Screenplay
• 2006Love for Share — The Producer
• 2006The Lost Suitcase
• 2005Joni's Promise — Writer, Director
• 2003The Gathering — Restaurant Manager, Screenplay, First Assistant Director
• 2003The Stringless Violin — Second Assistant Director, Publicist, Script Supervisor
• Ghost in the Cell 2 — Director, Writer
• Godam & Tira — Creative Producer
• Gundala Putra Petir — Director
• Mandala: Golok Setan — Creative Producer
• Mighty Like Water — Director, Writer, Producer
• Patriot — Creative Producer
• Satan's Slaves 3: Origin — Writer, Director, Executive Producer
• The Charms in Broken Things — Director
• The Invocation — Director

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2026Beyond the Screen: Reality of Indonesia Film Industry — Self
• 2024Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic — Self
• 2020Tales of the Uncanny — Self