Kimo Stamboel

Kimo Stamboel (born Muhammad Stamboel on 1 June 1980) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his works on the horror genres both as himself and also as part of The Mo Brothers with friend Timo Tjahjanto.

Kimo Stamboel
Born	Muhammad Stamboel June 1, 1980 Jakarta, Indonesia
Citizenship	Indonesia
Occupation	Director producer writer
Years active	2004–present

Stamboel launched his filmmaking career in 2004 with the release of his directorial debut Bunian in 2004 and achieved mainstream success with the release of slasher hit Macabre (also known as Rumah Dara) in 2009.[1] The duo received a Citra Award for Best Director nomination in 2016 for Headshot.

Early life

Kimo went to school in Australia, where he met future collaborator Kimo Stamboel.[2]

Career

2004–2016: Directorial debut and The Mo Brothers

In 2004, Stamboel released his feature film debut Bunian based on a screenplay he co-wrote with Virra I. Dewi. The shooting took place in Sydney, Australia, where he was studying at the time.[3] Filming took place over the course of 2002 and 2003 as the crew and cast were only available during the weekends.[3] Timo Tjahjanto, who would later became his partner as The Mo Brothers, worked on the film as a freelance cameraman.[3]

Working together as co-directors for the first time, Tjahjanto and Stamboel released the 2007 short film Dara.[4] The short was later included in the 2008 anthology film Takut: Faces of Fear. Well received by the public, they decided to develop a feature film based on the short and released Macabre in 2009 with Julie Estelle and Shareefa Daanish in the lead roles.[5] The film received praise during its run at several film festivals and launched the two into mainstream recognition. Stamboel and Tjahjanto appeared among the patrons of Herosase in Joko Anwar's The Forbidden Door.[6]

Stamboel and Tjahjanto then directed, produced, and wrote the horror-thriller Killers which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It received positive reviews upon release with a 73% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Their next project was the 2016 action film Headshot which stars Iko Uwais and Chelsea Islan. For their work on Headshot, Stamboel and Tjahjanto were nominated for Best Director at the 2016 Citra Award but lost to Riri Riza (Athirah).

2017–present: DreadOut, The Queen of Black Magic, and upcoming projects

Stamboel's next project was announced in 2018 to be an adaptation of popular horror-fantasy online game DreadOut.[7] He began writing a screenplay for the film adaptation in 2014 but eventually decided to create an origin story while working closely with the game developers.[7] The film was released in January 2019. While working on DreadOut, Stamboel also served as a co-producer in Timo Tjahjanto's The Night Comes for Us which was released by Netflix in October 2018.[7]

He followed this up with the release of The Queen of Black Magic (Ratu Ilmu Hitam), a remake of the 1981 horror classic film of the same name produced by Rapi Films in November 2019.[8] Joko Anwar wrote the screenplay while Ario Bayu and Hannah Al Rashid lead the ensemble cast. At the 2020 Citra Award, the film won two awards out of six nominations with Ade Firman Hakim winning Best Supporting Actor and Gaga Nugraha winning Best Visual Effects.[9]

In February 2020, Stamboel's directing partner Timo Tjahjanto on his Twitter account hinting at a possible sequel to Macabre.[10] However, no official confirmation has been made.

Stamboel will replace Rizal Mantovani in the director's seat of the third Jailangkung film.[11] He will also co-write the screenplay with Rinaldy Puspoyo.[11] The film will have a new cast with Citra Award nominated actress Titi Kamal (Mendadak Dangdut), Dwi Sasono, Syifa Hadju, and Muzakki Ramdhan in starring roles.[11]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Notes
2004	Bunian	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2013	V/H/S/2	No	No	Yes	No	Segment: 'Safe Haven'
2018	The Night Comes for Us	No	No	Yes	No
2019	Portals	No	No	Yes	No	Segment: 'Sarah'
2019	DreadOut	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2019	The Queen of Black Magic	Yes	No	No	No
TBA	Jailangkung 3	Yes	Yes	No	No
TBA	Ivanna Van Dijk	Yes	No	No	No
TBA	One Good Thing	Yes	No	No	No

As The Mo Brothers

Year	Film	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Notes
2007	Dara	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film
2008	Takut: Faces of Fear	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Segment: 'Dara'
2009	Macabre	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Killers	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2016	Headshot	Yes	Yes	No	No

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Notes
2007	Freak Show Horror Film Festival	Audience Choice Award	Dara	Won	as The Mo Brothers
2009	Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival	Best of Bucheon	Macabre	Nominated
2010	Jakarta International Film Festival	Best Indonesian Film		Won
2011	Kaskus untuk Film Indonesia			Won
2016	Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival	Best Bloodbath Honorable Mention for International Film	Killers	Won
	L'Étrange Festival	International Feature Film	Headshot	Won	as The Mo Brothers shared with They Call Me Jeeg
	36th Citra Award	Best Director		Nominated	as The Mo Brothers
2020	Sitges Film Festival	Midnight X-Treme Award	Ratu Ilmu Hitam	Won	[12]

See also

• Timo Tjahjanto
• The Mo Brothers

References

1. "Kimo Stamboel: Profil". KapanLagi.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
2. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Profil Timo Tjahjanto, Sutradara Film Sebelum Iblis Menjemput". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
3. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Cerita Kimo Stamboel Bikin Film Horor Berbekal Handycam Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
4. "FILM - Rumah Dara (2009)". Tribunnewswiki.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
5. Stamboel, Kimo; Tjahjanto, Timo (2009-10-08), Macabre (Drama, Horror, Thriller), Shareefa Daanish, Julie Estelle, Ario Bayu, Sigi Wimala, Gorylah Pictures, Merah Production, Guerilla Visuals, retrieved 2021-01-23
6. "Timo Tjahjanto". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
7. Priherdityo, Endro. "Kisah Kimo Stamboel Terpincut Cerita 'DreadOut'". hiburan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
8. Media, Kompas Cyber. "Dua Pria yang Bikin Zara JKT48 Berani Main Film Horor". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
9. "Daftar lengkap pemenang dan nominasi 'Festival Film Indonesia 2016'". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
10. "Sekuel Horor Rumah Dara Berpeluang Ditukangi Timo Tjahjanto, Seperti Apa Jadinya?". Warta Ekonomi. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2021-01-23. |first= missing |last= (help)
11. News, Tagar (2017-12-23). "Kimo Stamboel Hadirkan Titi Kamal di Jailangkung 3". TAGAR (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
12. developer, mediaindonesia com (2020-10-19). "Ratu Ilmu Hitam Menang di Sitges 2020 Spanyol". mediaindonesia.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-01-23.