Chaerul Umam

Chaerul Umam (born April 4, 1943 – October 3, 2013) was an Indonesian director who received many awards, both in Indonesia and international. On October 3, 2013, Umam had died at the Pondok Kopi Hospital in Jakarta, due to stroke disease.^[1][2]

Career

Umam has began his debut career for joining in several theater on 1960s to 70s. After that, Umam decided moved to Jakarta in 1970 for joining a small theater which is led by senior director Arifin C. Noer. Umam began his career as director when directing the debut film, titled Tiga Sekawan (1975). At the 1973 Asian Film Festival, Umam has winning his first international special awards in Muangthai, Thailand.

His work film director have often listed a nominations for Best Director and only winning in 1992 for Ramadhan dan Ramona at Indonesian Film Festival. In addition as film director, Umam also producing his work soap opera television; totally about religious genre, including Ketika Cinta Bertasbih of Ramadhan edition and Dalam Mihrab Cinta.

Background

Umam is an alumna of Gajah Mada University of Educational Psychology department in level 3.

Filmography

This is list of his works director in films:

• Tiga Sekawan (1975)
• Cinta Putih (1977)
• Al Kautsar (1977)
• Sepasang Merpati (1979)
• Titian Serambut Dibelah Tujuh (1982)
• Hati yang Perawan (1984)
• Bintang Kejora (1986)
• Kejarlah Daku Kau Kutangkap (1986)
• Keluarga Markum (1986)
• Joe Turun ke Desa (1989)
• Nada dan Dakwah (1992)
• Ramadhan dan Ramona (1992)
• Fatahillah (1997)
• Ketika Cinta Bertasbih (2008)
• Ketika Cinta Bertasbih 2 (2009)
• Cinta Suci Zahrana (2012)

References

External links

• Chaerul Umam at the Internet Movie Database