Damien Dematra

Damien Dematra is a humanitarian, novelist, director, script writer, producer, international photographer, and painter. He has written101 novels in dual languages, English and Indonesian, 81 films and TV scenarios, and produced 48 films in various genres. As filmmaker, Damien is famous through his movies; among them are the internationally distributed Obama Anak Menteng (Little Obama), the award winning movie Si Anak Kampoeng (the Village Boy), the record breaking movie Dream Obama, L4 Lupus, I'M STAR, Gus Dur the Final Year, Captain Jihad, Obama and MeA Day with Gus Dur, Let's Play Ghost, Ghost Vs Dorce, The Tears of Ghost, Dream, Angel, From Seoul to Jakarta, etc. As a novelist, his works have been legendary and became best-sellers, among them: By Allah I Be Terrorists, Million Hearts for Gus Dur, Kartosoewirjo: Hero or Terrorist, Grand Master, King of the Sun: Majapahit, Gajah Mada, It turns out I already Islam, The Boy arrows, Yogyakarta, Love Story, etc. As a photographer, he obtained 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, and WPPI Grand Award winner. As a painter, Damien Dematra has produced thousands of sketches and paintings, among them, 365 paintings are painted only in one year. One of his paintings, about Obama, has been officially received by President Barack Obama in White House. His profile and works have been published by international media such Time, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, AP, AFP, Reuters, USA Today, ABC, New York, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Channel News Asia, Al Jazeera TV, NHK Japan, KBS Korea, TV3 Malaysia, Iran TV, etc. Damien currently holds 13 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, the fastest feature film production in the world from script-writing to premiere in 9 days, 17 hours and 45 minutes, etc. He is the initiator and the national coordinator of a Pluralism Care Movement and the Chairman of National Writing Movement. Damien won hundreds of international awards at various competition & film festivals in the USA, Europe, and Asia, including best director the Grand Jury Award, Overall Winner, and best screenplay. President Obama has written a high appreciation for Damien's works and his efforts to improve relations between Indonesia and the USA. In year 2011, he established International Film Festivals for Peace, Inspiration, and Equality (IFFPIE). In the following years, he established International Film Festival for Environment, Health, and Culture (IFFEHC), International Film Festival for Comedy, Romance, and Musical (IFFCRM), and International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion, and Visionary (IFFSRV), and become the directors of the festivals. He also founded Indonesian Artists Care Movement (GAIB) to gather Indonesian artists who care a lot about humanity. He is also the founder and director of International Peace Ambassadors (IPA). In year 2013, Damien established a festival alliance program, called FFA (Film Festivals Alliance) dedicated for all filmmakers. In late 2013, he received a statue and award from the King of Kutai Mulawarman for his contribution to world peace. Damien also founded the World Humanitarian Award (WHA). In collaboration with IFFPIE, WHA has given the Inspiring Man of the year 2014 award conferring to the President of Indonesia from 2014 to 2019. The award was received by Jokowi himself in his office. Damien is also the initiator of 'A Salute to Jokowi', an international series of events to celebrate the victory of President Jokowi. Recently, Damien established iHebat International Volunteers to set up, aimed at promoting Indonesia's creative economy across the world. In 2014, Damien was the only filmmaker who was awarded the Star of IndonesiaSatu Award for outstanding achievement in the film industry and contribution to peace. Damien Dematra's work is published in English publisher United States can be accessed on Amazon.com, Kindle, Apple apps, and a variety of international bookstores.