Damien Dematra is a movie director, novelist, script writer, producer, international photographer, and painter. He has written 81 novels in dual languages, English and Indonesian, 62 films and TV scenarios, and produced 32 films in various genres; among them is the internationally distributed Obama Anak Menteng ('Little Obama'), the award winning movie Si Anak Kampoeng ('The Village Boy'), L4 Lupus and the movie Dream Obama.
Photography
As a photographer, he received two of the highest achievements in
photography: 'Fellowship in Portraiture and Art Photography' from the Master Photographer Association and many international rewards, such as 'International Master Photographer of the Year'.
Painting
As a painter, Damien Dematra has produced thousands of sketches and
paintings, among them 365 paintings painted in just one year.
His profile and works have been published by international media such Time, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, AP, AFP, Reuters, USA Today, ABC, NBC, New York, Forbes, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Channel NewsAsia, Al Jazeera TV, NHK Japan, KBS (Korea), TV 3 Malaysia, Iran TV, etc.
Novels
His novels in Indonesian that have been published are: Letters to God (with people living with lupus), Mahaguru (2nd trilogy of 'New York'), Samawi (2nd trilogy of 'Moon above Ka’bah'), Obama & Pluralism, Dear President Obama, Messages to President Obama, Moon above Ka’bah, New York (1st trilogy), Obama & Me, They Said I’m a Kafir, Mom, I Have to Go, A Dozen Ramadhan a Year, You Burn I Burn, Yogyakarta, Obama from Asisi, When I Touch the Sky, The Arrow, Little Obama, The Kampung Boy — a novel based on the life of Buya Ahmad Syafii Maarif, who received a distinguished award from Ramon Magsaysay Foundation, Filipina, One Million Prayers for Gus Dur, One Million Hearts for Gus Dur, Apparently I’m a Muslim, [inspired by music group DEBU (originated from the music group Dust on the Road, USA)], In the Name of Allah I Became A Terrorist, God Please Don’t Let Us Apart, Soul mate, Angels of Death, If Only I Could Hear. Two of his novels that go by other names are The Deadly Dance (by Katyana) and I Can’t Walk Alone (Mark Andrew).
His coming novels soon to be published are L4 Lupus, Ibrahim (3rd trilogy of New York), Jihad (3rd trilogy of Mahaguru), The Death of Sasi and the Life of Amai, Pluralism Mob, I Am Who I Am - The story of Dorce, In the Name of Allah, my Son Became a Terorist (will be filmed), Kartosoewirjo: a Hero or Terorist? (a historical novel), Gus Dur, The 10th Sunan — a comparison novel, Gus Dur and the Quirky Heroes in an Upbeat Land — a satire, The Wild Woman in Burqa, The Last Bus (will be filmed) and When God is Playing.
Other works
He is the initiator and the national coordinator of the Pluralism Care Movement and also the chairman of the National Writing Movement group in Indonesia.
Damien currently holds 9 world records: as the fastest writer in the
world, writer with fastest novel published, fastest photographer in the
world, fastest painter in the world, writer of the thickest book in the
world, fastest feature movie production in history from script writing to premiere in 9 days 17 days and 45 minutes.
References
- ^ "::: DREAM OBAMA ::: dreamobama ::: www.dreamobama.com ::: THE MOVIE". www.dreamobama.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ Shay, Christopher (2010-07-01). "Director Damien Dematra on Barack Obama's Life in Indonesia". TIME. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "The World's Billionaires - Forbes". Billionaires.forbes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ White, Chris. "Obamamania books a place in record books". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "Obama’s the Star in World’s Fastest Film". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ "‘Dream’ Team Sets Record for Quickest Production". The Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
