Sofia W.D.

Biography

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.

Known For

Treachery of G30S/PKI 1984 ★ 6.2
For You, I'll Give Everything 1984
Fatima 1983
Behind the Mosquito Net 1983 ★ 7.3
The White Crocodile 1982 ★ 10.0
Wedding 83 1982
Roro Mendut 1982 ★ 8.0
Mystics in Bali 1981 ★ 6.0
The Queen of Black Magic 1981 ★ 6.4
The Last Train 1981
Queen of the South Coast 1980
Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient 1979
The Temptation of the Demon Woman 1978 ★ 6.0
Greedy Appetite 1977
Badai Pasti Berlalu 1977 ★ 7.5
Malam Pengantin 1975
The Earth Gets Hotter 1973
Lagu Untukmu 1973
Timang-timang Anakku Sayang 1973
River of Love 1971
Teenage Bride 1971
The Longest Dark 1970 ★ 8.0
Golden Queen 1955
Bulan Purnama 1953