FILM DIRECTOR

Usmar Ismail

1921 - 1971

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Usmar Ismail (20 March 1921 – 2 January 1971) was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. He is widely regarded as the native Indonesian pioneer of the cinema of Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Usmar Ismail is the 1,368th most popular film director, the 87th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 91st in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Usmar Ismail ranks 1,368 out of 2,041. Before him are Douglas Slocombe, Paweł Edelman, Adam McKay, Kurt Neumann, Aleksandr Alov, and Georgy Tovstonogov. After him are Elvira Notari, Peter Hall, Rafael Gil, Clifford Odets, Bent Hamer, and Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Usmar Ismail ranks 403. Before him are Herb Ellis, Róbert Antal, Prvoslav Mihajlović, Verghese Kurien, Geoffrey Crossley, and Susan Peters. After him are Big Walter Horton, Jacques Friedel, Bill Bright, Mohammad Mohammadullah, Kurt Marti, and Cliff Barker. Among people deceased in 1971, Usmar Ismail ranks 218. Before him are Jimmy Gallagher, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jadwiga Smosarska, Maude Fealy, Clare Dennis, and Hugo Black. After him are Cliff Edwards, Thawi Bunyaket, Nikolay Rubtsov, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Glenda Farrell, and Dorothy Comingore.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Usmar Ismail ranks 87 out of 158. Before him are Adriaan Fokker (1887), Amir Sjarifuddin (1907), Lien Gisolf (1910), Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908), Ruurd Leegstra (1877), and Iko Uwais (1983). After him are Jeroen Brouwers (1940), Caesar ten Cate (1890), Edu Snethlage (1886), Jan Kok (1889), Retno Marsudi (1962), and Jan-Just Bos (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Indonesia

Among film directors born in Indonesia, Usmar Ismail ranks 1. 

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