Edward Gunawan (b. 28 July 1982) is a Chinese Indonesian model, comic artist, actress and director.
Gunawan is born on 28 July 1982. [1] He was raised in a conservative Chinese family. In middle school he began coming out to his friends. He came out publicly when he moved to San Francisco, California. [2] As a child, he enjoyed and Roald Dahl was his favourite author. [3]
Gunawan started his film career as a producer for the 2006 film Still, which was directed and co-produced by Lucky Kuswandi. [4] In 2008, he produced Laundromat. The film was awarded Audience Award for Best Short Film in 18th ReelPride: Fresno LGBT Film and was nominated for the Jury Award For Best Director of Short Film Laundromat at the 19th Clip Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. [3] Payung Merah, a film he co-directed with Andri Cung in 2010, won at the Asian Short Film Awards in 2011. [5] He was nominated for a Maya Awards for Best Newcomer in 2012 for his role in Arisan! 2. [6] He produced Sagarmatha in 2013. [7]
| Year | Title | Producer | Writer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Arisan! 2 | Yes | No | [8] |
| 2013 | Big Gay Love | Yes | No | |
| Sagarmatha | Yes | No | ||
| 2015 | How to Win at Checkers (Every Time) | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | By the Time It Gets Dark | Yes | No | |
| Years | Title | Credit as | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | |||
| 2006 | Still | No | Yes | Yes | [4] |
| 2007 | Just | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2008 | Laundromat | Yes | Yes | Yes | [9] |
| 2009 | Scent | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2010 | Broken Vase | Yes | Yes | Yes | [10] |
| Payung Merah | Yes | Yes | Yes | [11] | |
| 2011 | Borrowed Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | [12] |
| 2012 | Garis Bawah | No | Yes | No | [13] |
| 2013 | Buang | No | Yes | No | [14] |
| Dino | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Adam | No | Yes | No | ||
| Draft Day | No | Yes | No | ||
| Departure | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2015 | Merindu Mantan | No | Yes | No | |