John de Rantau (born 2 January 1970) is an Indonesian film director.
His film Denias Senandung Di Atas Awan (Denias, Singing on the Cloud)
was Indonesia's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign
Language Film, but not nominated.De Rantau was born in Padang, West
Sumatra, on 2 January 1970. He finished his studies at the Jakarta Art
Institute, then began directing television serials.De Rantau made his
featured film debut in 2005 with Mencari Madonna (Looking for
Madonna), a film about a Papuan teenager who becomes infected with
AIDS and seeks a cure. The story was written by Garin Nugroho, who
also produced the film. The film was intended to be submitted to
several film festivals, including the Singapore International Film
Festival and Shanghai International Film Festival, but disallowed as
it was still in digital format, and not 35mm as required. John de Rantau Top Movies & Young Movies