Years active 1993 - present Name U-Wei Saari | Role Film director | |
Full Name Zuhir bin Hj Saari Occupation film director, producer, screenwriter Movies Hanyut, The Arsonist, Jogho Similar People Khalid Salleh, Peter O'Brien, Diana Danielle, Joseph Conrad, Embie C Noer | ||
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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.
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.
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