Nan Triveni Achnas

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1963-01-06 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Singapore

Also Known As Nan T. Achnas, Nan Achnas

Nan Triveni Achnas

Biography

Nan Triveni Achnas is an Indonesian film director. Born in Singapore in 1963, she grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Achnas graduated from the Faculty of Film and Television at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts. She also completed a master's degree in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia in 1996 where she was a Chevening Scholar. While graduating from the University of East Anglia, she directed a film entitled The Only Day (1988) as her diploma film. It won the Grand Prix at the Asian Young Cinema Film Festival in Tokyo. In 2020, she obtained her PhD degree at Nanyang Technological University Singapore with a doctoral thesis on “Experimenting with the essay form and wayang in contemporary Indonesian filmmaking : when shadows are grey”. Apart from directing films, Achnas' teaches film at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts considered as the main film school in Indonesia.

Known For

Director

2007
The Photograph

as Director

2006
Maya, Raya, Daya

as Director

2002
The Flag

as Director

2001
Whispering Sands

as Director

1998
Kuldesak

as Director

Writer

2016
The Window

as Writer

2011
Khalifah

as Screenplay

2007
The Photograph

as Writer

2007
2002
The Flag

as Screenplay

2002
The Flag

as Story

2001
Whispering Sands

as Screenplay

2001

Producer

2016
The Window

as Producer

2011
Khalifah

as Producer

2011
Khalifah

as Executive Producer

2008
3 Wishes 3 Loves

as Producer

2007
The Photograph

as Producer

2002
The Flag

as Producer