1. Salman Aristo was born on 1976 and is an Indonesian screenwriter and film director best known for his work on Ayat-Ayat Cinta, Laskar Pelangi, Garuda di Dadaku, and Sang Penari.
17 Facts About Salman Aristo
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The resulting film, a critical success, led to Salman Aristo receiving numerous requests for screenplays, including several adaptations of novels.
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Salman Aristo has been nominated for three Citra Awards for screenwriting, although he has yet to win.
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Soedjarwo gave the film several critiques, which drove Salman Aristo to improve his writing.
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At a seminar, Salman Aristo met director Hanung Bramantyo and showed him one of his screenplays.
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Bramantyo, who liked what he saw, asked Salman Aristo to write a screenplay for a new film he was working on with Leo Sutanto of SinemArt.
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In 2008, Salman Aristo wrote a film adaptation of Andrea Hirata's 2005 novel Laskar Pelangi after being asked by the film's producer, Mira Lesmana.
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Salman Aristo joined Twitter in September 2009 as a way to promote his films.
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Salman Aristo wrote Sang Pemimpi, a film adaptation of the sequel to Laskar Pelangi.
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Salman Aristo's works, written in under 140 characters, were well received, and he soon became a moderator.
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That same year, Salman Aristo was a juror at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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Salman Aristo wrote the screenplay for Hari Untuk Amanda with Gina S Noer, which earned a Citra Award nomination at the 2010 Indonesian Film Festival.
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Salman Aristo made his feature film directorial debut that year with Jakarta Maghrib, which details several families in the minutes before Maghrib prayers and how the call to prayer stops their daily activities.
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In March 2011, Salman Aristo published Politweet, an illustrated collection of flash fiction mostly dealing with politics.
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Salman Aristo wrote a television adaptation of Laskar Pelangi in late 2011.
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Later in 2012, Salman Aristo adapted Ahmad Fuadi's novel Negeri 5 Menara into a film of the same name.
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Salman Aristo cited Woody Allen, Richard Linklater and Robert Altman as further influences.