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Years active
  
1993 - present

Name
  
U-Wei Saari

Role
  
Film director


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Full Name
  
Zuhir bin Hj Saari

Occupation
  
film director, producer, screenwriter

Movies
  
Hanyut, The Arsonist, Jogho

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U-Wei Hj Saari is an award-winning Malaysian film director. He first gained international attention with The Arsonist (more known by its Malay name Kaki Bakar), the first Malaysian film to enter the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.

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He began his career as an director for television dramas until 1996, where he made his film debut with the highly controversial Perempuan, Isteri dan..., which won him the Best Director award at the 11th Malaysia Film Festival.

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In 2014, U-Wei had produced a period film titled Hanyut as a co-production between countries Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia. The film is based on a Joseph Conrad novel titled Almayer's Folly, which tells about the life of the Malay community in the 19th century.


U-Wei Saari cinemacommy UWei wants RM2 million to promote Hanyut

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U-Wei Saari Wikipedia
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