FILMOGRAPHY.

  • 107min, Feature Documentary, Indonesia (2013)
    Producer/Director. Daniel Ziv

** Winner of Best Documentary 2013 Busan International Film Festival, Best First Feature Film – Biografilm Festival 2014, Best Documentary 2014 Melbourne International Film Festival, Official Selection  2014 DOK Leipzig Film Festival, Official Selection 2014 DocAviv Documentary Film Festival

Jalanan (Streetside) follows three marginalized street musicians in Jakarta who struggle to lead meaningful lives, in a city rapidly overrun by the effects of globalization and corruption.

Credited as:
Co-Producer / Writer / Editor / Colorist

  • 22min, Documentary (2014)
    Produced by Ernest Hariyanto & Nadya Hutagalung for National Geographic Channel Asia

** 2014 Asian Television Awards Nominee for Best Wildlife Programme

A journey into the world of elephants, from the wilds of Africa to the back alleys of Asia, to discover the connection between Africa's escalating poaching crisis and the growing demand for ivory in Asia.

Credited as:
Producer / Writer / Editor / Colorist

  • 63min, Feature Documentary, India (2007)
    Produced by Earthsync India/UK

** Winner of Best Documentary 2007 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, Special Audience Award at 2008 Imaginaria Film Festival Italy, and Best Film 2008 Byron Bay Film Festival Australia

A musical, visual journey, recorded and filmed on location in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, India, and Myanmar. Laya Project is a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit through the music of the coastal communities affected by the 2004 Tsunami.

Credited as:
Line Producer / Writer (Research) / 2nd Unit Director / Cameraman

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  • 73min, Feature Documentary, Indonesia (2022)
    Director. Arfan Sabran
    Two Islands Digital, Indonesia

** Best Feature Documentary - 2022 Festival Film Indonesia, DMZ Docs Industry Excellent Award - 2022 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, South Korea

The documentary explores the difficulties the world’s largest archipelago faces in providing health care to its people. It is a story of obligation and sacrifice, told through a family dedicating their lives to this pursuit in the remote islands of Indonesia’s Flores Sea.

Credited as: Editor

  • 102min, Feature Documentary, Indonesia (2021)
    A Visinema Pictures, Kopernik and Watchdoc Productions

** Best Documentary Nominee 2021 Warsaw International Film Festival Poland, Official Selection 2022 SXSW EDU Festival Austin, Texas USA.

An in-depth exploration of the extent of plastic pollution in Indonesia, and how it has entered our food chain and is impacting our health, is shown through the eyes of three individuals fighting this environmental crisis. The documentary is available on the Netflix streaming service globally.

Credited as: Editor

  • 92min, Feature Documentary, USA (2016)
    Producer/Director. Sue Useem
    Spotted Frog Production, USA

** The John Michaels Memorial Film Award - 2017 Big Muddy Film Festival Illinois, USA, Official Selection - 30th Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival 2018 France, Official Selection - Social Justice Film Festival 2017 Seattle, USA

The Peace Agency follows one woman's journey from her rural village in the conflict area of Poso, Indonesia, to create the Woman's School. This institution transforms its all-female class into agents of peace and non-violent grassroots activism.

The feature film won the John Michaels Memorial Film Award at the 2017 Big Muddy Film Festival, which honors films as activism, addressing themes of peace, justice, community action, human rights, and environmental conservation.

Credited as: Writer / Editor

  • 48min, TV Documentary, Australia (2014)
    Produced by CAAMA & Screen Australia for FOXTEL Television

Who We Are: Brave New Clan follows the lives of six exceptional young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who share stories about their communities, history, and cultures in contemporary Australia.

Credited as:
Writer / Editor / Colorist

  • 6 x 23min, Documentary Series, Australia (2014)
    A CAAMA Productions, distributed by Ronin Films

A six-part documentary series, exploring the revival, maintenance, and creation of indigenous languages in Australia. Talking Language with Ernie Dingo is a personal journey providing a unique understanding of how ancestral connections to the land shape knowledge of Aboriginal languages.

Credited as:
Series Editor / Colorist

  • 52min TV Documentary, Indonesia/USA (2012)
    Produced by Daniel Ziv and ITVS International for PBS Television (USA)

A young, gifted street musician searches for identity, legitimacy, and love on the frenzied streets of Jakarta, Indonesia. Premiered on PBS across the US as part of GLOBAL VOICES, an independent documentary series that showcases the best of international documentaries.

The one-hour documentary was selected by The New York Times as one of the Best Non-Fiction TV shows in 2012.

Credited as:
Editor / Colorist / Composer

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