1. Mira Lesmana is the elder sister of Indonesian jazz musician, Indra Lesmana.
12 Facts About Mira Lesmana
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At the age of 16, Mira Lesmana wrote her first song, which her brother Indra used to gain a scholarship to a music school in Australia.
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Mira Lesmana continued her education there; although she had previously studied English in Indonesia, she found difficulty with the Australian accent.
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Mira Lesmana enrolled at the Jakarta Art Institute in 1983, graduating in 1985.
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Mira Lesmana's first experience with film producing was a public service announcement made at the request of Garin Nugroho.
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On 14 February 1990, Mira Lesmana married former teen idol, actor Mathias Muchus; the couple have two sons, Galih Galinggis and Kafka Keandre.
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In 1999 Mira Lesmana made her feature film debut with Kuldesak, which she co-directed with Riza Mantovani, Riri Riza and Nan Triveni.
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Mira Lesmana produced Gie, a biopic of activist Soe Hok Gie, in 2005.
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The cast reunited to form the band Garasi in 2007, which was one of the first acts signed to Mira Lesmana's new recording company Miles Music.
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In 2008 Mira Lesmana produced the film Laskar Pelangi, an adaptation of Andrea Hirata's 2007 novel of the same name.
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In 2010 Mira Lesmana wrote twenty songs for a musical stage adaptation of Laskar Pelangi, a project that involved Erwin Gutawa, Jay Subiyakto, and Hartandi.
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Also in the same year, Mira Lesmana released Athirah, a film inspired by the life of Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla's mother.