Sofia W.D.

Acting · Directing · Production · Writing

Народився 12 жовтня 1924, Bandung, Indonesia

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.

Фільмографія

• 1986Hunting the Corpse Broker — Producer
• 1985Arie Hanggara
• 1984For You, I'll Give Everything
• 1984The Moments You Lie on My Chest
• 1984Treachery of G30S/PKI
• 1983Behind the Mosquito Net — Ibu Martini
• 1983Fatima
• 1983Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
• 1983The Five Faces of Kadarwati — Makiko
• 1982Roro Mendut — (as Sofia)
• 1982The White Crocodile
• 1982Wedding 83
• 1981Amalia, Bachelor of Law
• 1981Mystics in Bali — Old Leák Queen
• 1981Stain on a White Gown
• 1981The Last Train
• 1981The Queen of Black Magic — Village Head's Wife
• 1980Lady in a Trap — Mrs. Prawiro
• 1980Queen of the South Coast — Maryam
• 1979Antidote for Witchcraft
• 1979Teenage Idol
• 1979Yeah, Right...
• 1979Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
• 1978The Temptation of the Demon Woman — Siluman
• 1977Badai Pasti Berlalu
• 1977Christina
• 1977Greedy Appetite — Nenek
• 1977The Midwife: Praji Magic
• 1976Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company — Inah
• 1975Malam Pengantin
• 1974Fighting the Storm — Producer, Director
• 1973Hatiku dalam Hatimu
• 1973Lagu Untukmu
• 1973The Earth Gets Hotter
• 1973The Lady
• 1973The Moon on the Graveyard
• 1973Timang-timang Anakku Sayang — Sofia
• 1971Lioness from Marunda — Director
• 1971River of Love — Director
• 1971Teenage Bride
• 1970Romansa
• 1970Samiun dan Dasima — Hayati
• 1970Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam — Screenplay, Producer
• 1970The Longest Dark
• 1966Tikungan Maut — Sofie
• 1961Badja Membara (Nila Meulila) — Istri Budiman
• 1961Dilereng Gunung Kawi
• 1960Southern Storm — Director
• 1960Tjita-Tjita Ajah — Bu Slamet
• 1958Gending Sriwidjaja
• 1957Biola
• 1955Golden Queen — (as Sofia)
• 1954Djakarta di Waktu Malam — Story
• 1954Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas) — Sunarti
• 1954Senen Raja — Screenplay
• 1953Bulan Purnama — Putri Amidra
• 1953Dendang Sajang — Halimah