Ida Farida (born 5 May 1939) is an Indonesian director, screenwriter, and journalist. She is the sister of director Misbach Yusa Biran, and is the last surviving of the six Indonesian women directors before 1998.
Ida Farida | |
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| Born | 5 May 1939 Rangkasbitung, Dutch East Indies |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
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| Years active | 1953–1991 |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Misbach Yusa Biran (brother) Nani Widjaja (sister-in-law) Sukma Ayu (niece) |
Early life
editFarida was born on 5 May 1939 in Rangkasbitung, Lebak Regency, as the second daughter and youngest child of Jusa Biran.[1][2] Her father was a journalist of Minangkabau descent who faced exile during the Dutch colonial period, while her mother was from Rangkasbitung.[2] Her brother, Misbach Yusa Biran, was a director who often gave her a novel from a foreign country.[2]
Farida spent her childhood in Rangkasbitung, and has had completed middle high school education.[2] She then moved to Bogor, Bandung, and Jakarta, and later began to publish a short story for make money.[2]
Personal life
editFarida had three children.[3]
Career
editFarida started her career by working as a story writer from 1953, where she published her first short story, Surat Terakhir, in Pusparagam magazine.[1][2] She was most productive from 1958 to 1959, where she published many short story to pay for her school.[2]
Legacy
editOnly six female directors appeared in Indonesian cinema until 1998; aside from Farida, these women directors were Ratna Asmara, Roostijati, Sofia W.D., Chitra Dewi, and Rima Melati.[4] Of these, all except Farida had previous experience as actresses.[5] These directors rarely, if ever, received the same recognition as their male counterparts, and acting remained the only way for a woman in the industry to gain recognition.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Video. 1999, p. 230.
- ^ a b c d e f g Femina 1980s, p. 91.
- ^ Femina 1980s, p. 90.
- ^ Lent 1999, p. 105.
- ^ Video. 1999, p. 121.
- ^ Swestin 2012, p. 103.
Works cited
edit- Video., Indonesia. Direktorat Pembinaan Film dan Rekaman (1999). Apa siapa orang film Indonesia. Departemen Penerangan RI, Direktorat Pembinaan Film dan Rekaman Video. OCLC 44427179.
- Lent, John A (1999). Women and Mass Communications in 1990s: An International, Annotated Bibliography. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-30209-1.
- Swestin, Grace (July 2012). "In the Boys' Club: A Historical Perspective on the Roles of Women in the Indonesian Cinema 1926 – May 1998". Scriptura. 3 (2). Surabaya: Petra Christian University: 103–111. doi:10.9744/scriptura.3.2.103-111.
- Femina (1980s). "Ida Farida satu lagi sutradara wanita". Femina (in Indonesian). pp. 79–90.
External links
edit- Ida Farida at IMDb