Yandy Laurens

Born and raised in Makassar, Laurens attended Institut Kesenian Jakarta, majoring in film studies.^[1] His graduation film, Wan An, won Best Short Film at the 2012 Indonesian Film Festival.^[2] Since then, he has directed several commercials, music videos, and web series.

In 2017, it was announced that Laurens would direct an adaptation of the 1996 television series Keluarga Cemara.^[3] In 2018, Cemara's Family had its world premiere at the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, starring Ringgo Agus Rahman, Nirina Zubir, Adhisty Zara, and Widuri Puteri.^[4] The film was released theatrically on 3 January 2019 and became the year's seventh highest-grossing domestic film in Indonesia with 1,699,433 admissions.^[5]

His second feature film, Falling In Love Like In Movies, a partially black-and-white romantic comedy film, had its world premiere at the 18th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival.^[6] This was his second collaboration with Rahman and Zubir, after Cemara's Family.^[7] The film was theatrically released in Indonesia on 30 November 2023.^[8] It received eleven nominations at the 2024 Indonesian Film Festival, including Best Picture and Best Director.^[9]

In 2024, it was announced that Laurens would adapt another television series created by Arswendo Atmowiloto, titled A Brother and 7 Siblings.^[10] It was the closing film of the 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival.^[11] His fourth feature film Sore: Istri dari Masa Depan was theatrically released in Indonesia on 10 July 2025. It was adapted from his web series of the same name, with Dion Wiyoko reprising his role.^[12]

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Short film