Nationality Indonesian Name Riri Riza Children 2 | Occupation director Other names Riri Riza Role Film director | |
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Born October 2, 1970 (age 54) ( 1970-10-02 ) Awards Citra Award for Best Film, Citra Award for Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay, Citra Award for Best Screenplay Movies Laskar Pelangi, What's Up with Love?, The Dreamer, The Jungle School, Gie Similar People Mira Lesmana, Nicholas Saputra, Andrea Hirata, Prisia Nasution, Salman Aristo Profiles |
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Mohammad Rivai Riza (born October 2, 1970), better known as Riri Riza, is an Indonesian film director, producer and writer. He is notable for his directorial work on Petualangan Sherina (Sherina's Adventure; 2000), Gie (2005), Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troop; 2008), and Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? 2 (What's Up with Love? 2; 2016). He is also known for his creative partnership with Indonesian producer Mira Lesmana, with whom he manages the film production company, Miles Films.
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- Dynamic vision for bombastic movies mira lesmana and riri riza at tedxultima
- Xxi short film festival call for entry with riri riza
- Early life and education
- Career
- References

Xxi short film festival call for entry with riri riza
Early life and education

Riri Riza was born in Makassar on 2 October 1970. He moved to Jakarta in 1979, where he conducted his secondary education at LabSchool UNJ.
In 1993, Riza graduated from the Jakarta Arts Institute, where he majored in Film Directing. A talented student, his thesis film, Sonata Kampung Bata (Sonata of the Brick Village), placed third at the 1994 Oberhausen short film festival.
Career
In 1995, Riza directed two episodes in the documentary series, Anak Seribu Pulau (Children of the Thousand Islands).
He directed his first feature film, Kuldesak, in 1998, collaborating with Mira Lesmana, Nan Triveni Achnas and Rizal Mantovani. His solo feature film debut, Petualangan Sherina (Sherina's Adventure) in 2000, established him as a director.
Together with Mira Lesmana, Riza has also become a film producer. Their Ada Apa dengan Cinta? (What's Up With Love?), directed by Rudy Soedjarwo, had two million viewers in 2002, Indonesian cinema's biggest box-office draw.
Riza studied screenwriting in England, and then wrote his first screenplay Eliana, Eliana.
His other films include Gie, Untuk Rena (For Rena), and 3 Hari Untuk Selamanya (Three Days to Forever).