10/12/1924
Bandung, Indonesia:
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.
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Memburu Makelar Mayat (1986) Producer |
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Melawan badai (1974) Director |
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Melawan badai (1974) Producer |
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Bengawan solo (1971) Director |
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Singa Betina dari Marunda (1971) Director |
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Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam (1970) Screenplay |
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Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam (1970) Producer |
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Badai Selatan (1960) Director |
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Senen Raja (1954) Screenplay |
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Djakarta di Waktu Malam (1954) Story |