Andri Cung is a Chinese Indonesian producer and director.
Parts of the Heart is depiction of his life as a gay though he said that he has no problem coming out to his circle. Though, he said he is trying to be comfortable with his sexuality cause of stigma and pressure of the society in Indonesia. [1]
Andri began his directing in 2010 with the short film Red Umbrella that earned him a nomination for The Best Short Movie Award Screen Singapore, an international short film festival. [2] Following this works, he went on to direct "Merindu Mantan", horror slasher movie that screened at Europe On Screen, an Indonesian Film Festival, in 2011. [3] Subsequently, in 2013, he directed Rawa Kucing, a romance short film that was part of the omnibus film 3Sum alongside works by William Chandra and Witra Asliga. [4]
In 2014, he directed his first full-length feature film as a sole director. This works earned him nomination for Best Original and Adaptation Screenwriter at Piala Maya, an Indonesian film award. [5] On the same year, with the same film, he also got nominated for Best new director at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2014. [6] After four years hiatus, he returned as the director and as screenwriter for Ugly Stupid Love in 2018, which won award for The Best Film for 21 years old and above award from Anugerah Lembaga Sensor Film, an Indonesian award ceremony held by the Film Censorship Board. [7] On the same year, he directed his first television series, Halustik collaborating with Lucky Kuswandi and Nia Dinata. [8] In 2020, he directed episodes 7 through 9 of Gossip Girl Indonesia for Goplay, Indonesia Over the top media service . [9] Two years after, he directed two television series consisted of My New Rules of Journey as sole director that he produced only with use of camera from Samsung Galaxy S22. [10] and Suka Duka Berduka with Nia as codirector for Vidio, Indonesian video streaming services. [11]