Garin Nugroho Riyanto (born 6 June 1961), better known as Garin
Nugroho, is an Indonesian film director.Nugroho was born in
Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta on 6 June 1961. He was the
fourth child of postal workers Soetjipto Amin and Mariah, who
eventually had seven children. As a child, he attended an Islamic
elementary school, later attending Catholic secondary schools. His
father owned a lending library and enjoyed writing, leading Nugroho to
start writing from a young age; he later quit writing because he felt
his father to be too critical. He also enjoyed exploring, and would
bathe in the Code River fed by the cold lahar runoffs from Mount
Merapi; he notes that the sulfur, which was brought to the river by
the lava, was good for his skin.After graduating from Kolese Loyola
high school in 1981, Nugroho went to Jakarta to study filmmaking at
the Jakarta Institute of Arts (Institut Kesenian Jakarta, or IKJ), as
well as law and politics at the University of Indonesia (UI). After
studying under Teguh Karya, he graduated from the IKJ in 1985. He
later graduated from UI in 1991. During his free time, Nugroho
directed documentaries and short movies. Garin Nugroho Top Movies & Young Movies