Director

Anwar Johari Ho

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 3172954

Known for: Directing

Born: March 31, 1996

Age: 29

Place of birth: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2019 - 2025

Years active: 7

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Biography

Graduating from the University of Reading, UK, Anwar’s thesis short film Forget Me Not garnered accolades at multiple festivals, and his subsequent short, Burung-Burung, premiered at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (2020), winning the Jury Prize Award at the Mini Film Festival (2021). His next short film, Fish Balls (2024) won the special mention award at the Ngilngig Fantastic Asian Film Festival. He has also directed multiple shorts and web series in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2021. An alumnus of the inaugural Malaysian Development Lab for Fiction Feature Films (mylab) in 2022, he's now developing his debut feature film.

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