1. Ahmad Salim, better known by his birth name Wim Umboh but known by the Chinese name Liem Yan Yung, was an Indonesian director who is best known for his melodramatic romances.
19 Facts About Wim Umboh
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Wim Umboh was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1978 but, after recovering, he continued to work until his death from complications of diabetes and a stroke.
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An authoritarian director who strove for perfection, Wim Umboh was known for experimenting with different technologies and, according to fellow director Teguh Karya, memorised the entire dialogue of his films during shooting.
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When Wim Umboh was seven, their mother died, and when his father died the following year Wim Umboh was adopted by a Chinese-Indonesian doctor named Liem.
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Wim Umboh was introduced to the film industry in 1953 by Boes Boestami, who secured him a job as a janitor at Golden Arrow Studios, owned by Chok Chin Hsin.
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Wim Umboh later became a Mandarin-Indonesian translator for imported films and studied filmmaking from Chok.
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Wim Umboh made his directorial debut with in 1955.
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Wim Umboh founded Aries Film together with Any Mambo in 1960, and the studio released its first film,.
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Wim Umboh's film was the first fully Indonesian film to be both in colour and CinemaScope; it was released at a time when the Indonesian film industry was incredulous of the profitability of colour films.
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Wim Umboh released in 1971, which went on to win the Asian Film Festival; the film cast Sophan Sophiaan and Widyawati in its starring roles and led to the pair taking romantic roles together several more times.
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In 1973 Wim Umboh cast Sophan Sophiaan and Widyawati together again for his film Pernikahan, which went on to win eight Citra Awards at the Indonesian Film Festival; the win was a record which held for 13 years, until Teguh Karya's Ibunda took away nine Citras in 1986.
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Wim Umboh fell ill around the time he was filming Pengemis dan Tukang Becak, which starred Christine Hakim and Alan Nuary.
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The film was finished by Lukman Hakim Nain, and Wim Umboh was sent back to Jakarta after several blood infusions in Surakarta.
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Wim Umboh was treated at Husada Hospital in Mangga Besar and diagnosed with aggressive liver cancer.
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Wim Umboh converted to Islam in 1983 and changed his name to Ahmad Salim.
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Wim Umboh was buried in Jeruk Purut Cemetery, South Jakarta.
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Wim Umboh was an authoritarian perfectionist, who often reshot scenes he felt flawed and refused input from the actors.
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Wim Umboh sometimes worked together with other directors, including Sjumandjaja, Misbach Yusa Biran, and Arifin C Noer, to improve the film's flow.
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The careers of numerous actors were launched by Wim Umboh's films, including Sophiaan, Roy Marten, Tanti Yosepha, and Yenny Rachman.