
Sofia W.D.
Biography
During the Japanese occupation, she attended Andjar Asmara's theater school. In 1948, she made her film debut in Air Mata Mengalir di Tjitaroem, using the name Sofia Waldy. After a divorce from first husband S. Waldy, she married actor W.D. Mochtar and began professionally using the name Sofia W.D., starting in 1964. Not just an award-winning actress of both stage and screen who appeared in well over 100 films, Sofia also became one of Indonesia's first female directors with 1962's Badai-Selatan ("Southern Storm"), a horror tale that was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. She produced, wrote and even operated the camera on a number of films, and was the director of the production companies Film Capital, Libra Film and Dirgahayu Jaya Film over the course of her busy and prolific career.
Filmography

Pergaulan Metropolis

Arie Hanggara

For You, I'll Give Everything

The Moments You Lie on My Chest

Treachery of G30S/PKI

The Five Faces of Kadarwati

Fatima

Behind the Mosquito Net

Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)

Wedding 83

The White Crocodile

Roro Mendut

Amalia, Bachelor of Law

Stain on a White Gown

The Last Train

The Queen of Black Magic

Mystics in Bali

Queen of the South Coast

Lady in a Trap

Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient

Teenage Idol

Yeah, Right...

Antidote for Witchcraft

The Temptation of the Demon Woman

Badai Pasti Berlalu

The Midwife: Praji Magic

Greedy Appetite

Christina

Max Havelaar

Malam Pengantin

Hatiku dalam Hatimu

Timang-timang Anakku Sayang

The Moon on the Graveyard

Lagu Untukmu

The Lady

The Earth Gets Hotter

River of Love

Romansa

Samiun dan Dasima

The Longest Dark

Tikungan Maut

Dilereng Gunung Kawi

Badja Membara (Nila Meulila)

Tjita-Tjita Ajah

Gending Sriwidjaja

Biola

Golden Queen

Kali Brantas (Melati Kali Brantas)

Djakarta di Waktu Malam

Dendang Sajang
