Andjar Asmara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andjar Asmara

Indonesian journalist, film director, and dramatist

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1902

Place of Birth: Alahan Panjang, Sumatra, Indonesia

Date of Death: 20-Oct-1961

Profession: screenwriter, playwright, journalist, film director

Nationality: Indonesia, Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Andjar Asmara

  • Abisin Abbas ([a'bis?n a'bas]; 26 February 1902 – 20 October 1961), better known by his pseudonym Andjar Asmara ([an'd?ar as'mara]), was a dramatist and filmmaker active in the cinema of the Dutch East Indies.
  • Born in Alahan Panjang, West Sumatra, he first worked as a reporter in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta).
  • He became a writer for the Padangsche Opera in Padang, where he developed a new, dialogue-centric style, which later spread throughout the region.
  • After returning to Batavia in 1929, he spent over a year as a theatre and film critic.
  • In 1930 he joined the Dardanella touring troupe as a writer.
  • He went to India in an unsuccessful bid to film his stage play Dr Samsi. After leaving Dardanella in 1936, Andjar established his own troupe.
  • He also worked at a publishers, writing serials based on successful films.
  • In 1940 he was asked to join The Teng Chun's company, Java Industrial Film, helping with marketing and working as a director for two productions.
  • After the Japanese occupation, during which time he stayed in theatre, Andjar made a brief return to cinema.
  • He directed three films in the late 1940s and wrote four screenplays, which were produced as films in the early 1950s.
  • He published a novel, Noesa Penida (1950).
  • Afterward he worked for the remainder of his life writing serials based on local films and publishing film criticism.
  • Historians recognise him as a pioneer of theatre and one of the first native Indonesian film directors, although he had little creative control of his productions.

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