Directing
Aryo Danusiri
Born
1973-09-26 (53)
Place of birth
Jakarta, Indonesia
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Aryo Danusiri, Ph.D. is an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker whose work explores the intersection of anthropology, critical media, and visual practice. He completed his doctorate at Harvard University in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice and is affiliated with the Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab. His research focuses on the relationships between politics, technology, ethics, religion, public space, and the climate crisis. As a documentary filmmaker, Aryo has developed a multimodal approach to documenting contemporary social issues, including the “Fire Play” project on indigenous fire governance in Indonesia. He also serves as an editor for the series Knowhow in a Shiftin…
Known for
NRStory about Lukas, a young Marind fisherman who is trying hard to finance his own education. He starts a small business with the support of a development project.
Lukas' Moment
2005
NRAn Indonesian filmmaker is amazed about the ice on the window of his apartment in Norway.
A Mail
2004
NRA structural account of the cultural transformation of a mosque in a basement space in Manhattan, New York City. Consisting of six long take shots, it starts with a relaxed conversation in the everyday life of an empty basement. Then it gradually becomes an event - an event of struggle.
On Broadway
2010
NROne year after the 2004 tsunami, the construction of East Geunting village in Aceh began with funds from U.N. Habitat and elsewhere. Meanwhile, an Acehnese village chief leads his people through ups and downs of the ongoing reconstruction and rehabilitation process. The film shows how complicated it is to survive a traumatic event and then experience global intervention.
Playing between Elephants
2007
Single-shot observational film that captures children playing in the floodwaters of their communal courtyard, while everyday life quietly unfolds around them. Filmed just months before the neighbourhood was demolished as part of a controversial flood management project, the short gently intertwines moments of joy with questions of urban inequality, climate vulnerability and displacement.
House No. 15
2018
NRA throng of believers all crowd together in front of a stage. The speeches have ended. They are enraptured. The 'new' Indonesia.
The Flaneurs #3
2013
Behind the camera
NRStory about Lukas, a young Marind fisherman who is trying hard to finance his own education. He starts a small business with the support of a development project.
Lukas' Moment
2005
NRAn Indonesian filmmaker is amazed about the ice on the window of his apartment in Norway.
A Mail
2004
NRA structural account of the cultural transformation of a mosque in a basement space in Manhattan, New York City. Consisting of six long take shots, it starts with a relaxed conversation in the everyday life of an empty basement. Then it gradually becomes an event - an event of struggle.
On Broadway
2010
NROne year after the 2004 tsunami, the construction of East Geunting village in Aceh began with funds from U.N. Habitat and elsewhere. Meanwhile, an Acehnese village chief leads his people through ups and downs of the ongoing reconstruction and rehabilitation process. The film shows how complicated it is to survive a traumatic event and then experience global intervention.
Playing between Elephants
2007
Single-shot observational film that captures children playing in the floodwaters of their communal courtyard, while everyday life quietly unfolds around them. Filmed just months before the neighbourhood was demolished as part of a controversial flood management project, the short gently intertwines moments of joy with questions of urban inequality, climate vulnerability and displacement.
House No. 15
2018
NRA throng of believers all crowd together in front of a stage. The speeches have ended. They are enraptured. The 'new' Indonesia.
The Flaneurs #3
2013
