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Timo Tjahjanto

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 09/04/1980 (43) | Wilhelmshaven (Germany)
Timo Tjahjanto (Indonesian: [tʃahˈjanto]; born Timothy Tjahjanto; 4 September 1980) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his film works mostly on the horror and action genres. Tjahjanto owns the film production company Merah Production. Apart from directing, producing, and writing story for his own films, Tjahjanto is also known as one half of The Mo Brothers with friend and fellow filmmaker Kimo Stamboel. The duo received a Citra Award nomination for Best Director in 2016 for Headshot while Tjahjanto himself won the Maya Award for Best Director in 2019 for May the Devil Take You. ()
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Timo Tjahjanto is an Indonesian film director and screenwriter. Born in 1980, he has been fascinated with film since an early age. He admitted watching Psycho at young age and has left him with “strong impression and somehow transform it into passion.” Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Roman Polanski are some of the filmmakers who have influenced and shaped his film appreciation and creative ideas. After returning from his studies in Australia his first feature film project as a director was Rumah Dara (Macabre) in 2007, Timo co-directed this along with Kimo Stamboel together they are known as the Mo Brothers. Rumah Dara is the feature film based on “Dara” – a slasher/black comedy short film that he shot in 2008 which was released with other short horror films in horror compilation Takut: Faces of Fear in 2009. Rumah Dara was also one of the official selection features at PiFAN – International Fantastic Film Festival in 2009 in South Korea.

Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Thriller | Action

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A mysterious VHS tape leads a police S.W.A.T. team to the discovery of a sinister cult whose collection of pre-recorded material reveals a nightmarish conspiracy. ...

V/H/S/94

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2021 | 3.1/5 | 1h 40min
Horror
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A psychotic executive triggers a journalist's dark side, and they begin to form a strange bond through the internet. ...

Killers

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2014 | 3.3/5 | 2h 17min
Crime, Thriller, Action
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After sparing a girl's life during a massacre, an elite Triad assassin is targeted by an onslaught of murderous gangsters. ...

The Night Comes for Us

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2018 | 3.4/5 | 2h 1min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise perme ...

V/H/S/2

NR

2013 | 3.1/5 | 1h 35min
Horror, Thriller
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Movies with Timo Tjahjanto as Actor(2)

as Herosase Patrons 12009 The Forbidden Door
as Teman Teddy2007 Quickie Express

Movies with Timo Tjahjanto as Crew(38)

Directing/Director2023 The Last Train to New York
Directing/Director2023 The Blind Warrior: Angel's Eyes
Production/Producer2022 Perempuan Bergaun Merah
Directing/Director2022 The Big 4
Production/Producer2022 The Big 4
Writing/Writer2022 The Big 4
Directing/Director2021 V/H/S/94
Writing/Writer2021 V/H/S/94
Directing/Director2020 May the Devil Take You Too
Production/Producer2020 May the Devil Take You Too
Writing/Writer2020 May the Devil Take You Too
Directing/Director2019 Portals
Writing/Writer2019 Portals
Production/Executive Producer2019 Hit & Run
Directing/Director2018 The Night Comes for Us
Production/Producer2018 The Night Comes for Us
Writing/Screenplay2018 The Night Comes for Us
Directing/Director2018 May the Devil Take You
Writing/Story2018 May the Devil Take You
Writing/Writer2018 May the Devil Take You
Directing/Director2016 Headshot
Writing/Writer2016 Headshot
Directing/Director2014 Killers
Production/Producer2014 Killers
Writing/Writer2014 Killers
Directing/Director2013 V/H/S/2
Writing/Story2013 V/H/S/2
Writing/Writer2013 V/H/S/2
Directing/Director2013 The ABCs of Death
Writing/Writer2013 The ABCs of Death
Directing/Director2009 Macabre
Writing/Writer2009 Macabre
Directing/Director2008 Takut: Faces of Fear
Production/Producer2008 Takut: Faces of Fear
Writing/Writer2008 Takut: Faces of Fear
Directing/Director2007 Dara
Production/Producer2007 Dara
Writing/Writer2007 Dara

TV Shows/Series with Timo Tjahjanto as Crew(1)

Production/Producer2024 Ratu Adil

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Citizenship: Indonesia
Born: Thursday, 09/04 1980 (September) in Wilhelmshaven (Germany) (current age: 43 years + 236 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Indonesian (ID, native language)
Other names for Timo Tjahjanto (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"The Mo Brothers"
Timo Tjahjanto frequently works together with these people:
Kimo Stamboel (14x, Crew)
Fajar Yuskemal (13x, Crew)
Aria Prayogi (8x, Crew)
Simon Barrett (7x, Crew)
Wicky V. Olindo (7x, Crew)
Khikmawan Santosa (6x, Crew)
Adam Wingard (5x, Crew)
Joko Anwar (5x, Crew)
Epy Kusnandar (5x, Actor)
Shareefa Daanish (5x, Actress)
Daiwanne Ralie (5x, Crew)
Upi Avianto (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:193282, Added: 07/17/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024