Hanny R. Saputra (born 11 May 1965) is an Indonesian director. One of
his films, Under the Protection of Ka'Bah, was Indonesia's submission
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the 84th
Academy Awards.Saputra was born in Salatiga, Central Java, on 11 May
1965. As a child he enjoyed watching movies, and in 1985 he enrolled
in the Jakarta Art Institute to learn filmmaking.In 1997 he made his
directorial debut with the television film Sepanjang Jalan Kenangan
(Along Memory Lane), which was not picked up by any stations as it was
considered too idealistic. He released his first feature film, Tato,
in 2002. After input from senior filmmakers Leo Sutanto and Lo Fen
Koei, he began to focus more on commercially viable films, releasing
Virgin two years later. Hanny Saputra Top Movies & Young Movies