Yuli Andari Merdikaningtyas

Place of birth:

Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia:

Biography:

Yuli Andari Merdikaningtyas is an Indonesian documentary filmmaker. Andari graduated from Gadjah Mada University majoring in communication studies. Her first documentary, Beauty is Pain, was produced in 2005 after she participated in a documentary workshop for beginners. Several months later, her second documentary, Little Jockey, won the 2005 Eagle Award for the best television documentary on Metro TV (Indonesia); it also won the viewer's choice award. In November 2006, Little Jockey won the prize for best direction in the Asian Competition section of the Tehran International Short Film Festival.