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
Cast Credits
Pergaulan Metropolis
Character:
MOVIE • 1994
Arie Hanggara
Character:
MOVIE • 1985
For You, I'll Give Everything
Character:
MOVIE • 1984
The Moments You Lie on My Chest
Character:
MOVIE • 1984
Treachery of G30S/PKI
Character:
MOVIE • 1984
The Five Faces of Kadarwati
Character: Makiko
MOVIE • 1983
Fatima
Character:
MOVIE • 1983
Behind the Mosquito Net
Character: Ibu Martini
MOVIE • 1983
Lara jonggrang (Candi Prambanan)
Character:
MOVIE • 1983
Wedding 83
Character:
MOVIE • 1982
The White Crocodile
Character:
MOVIE • 1982
Roro Mendut
Character: (as Sofia)
MOVIE • 1982
Amalia, Bachelor of Law
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
Stain on a White Gown
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
The Last Train
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
The Queen of Black Magic
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
Mystics in Bali
Character: Old Leák Queen
MOVIE • 1981
Queen of the South Coast
Character: Maryam
MOVIE • 1980
Lady in a Trap
Character: Mrs. Prawiro
MOVIE • 1980
Yuyun, a Mental Hospital Patient
Character:
MOVIE • 1979
Crew
Crew Credits
Fighting the Storm
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
Fighting the Storm
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1974
Lioness from Marunda
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971
River of Love
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971
Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1970
Si Bego Menumpas Kutjing Hitam
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1970
Southern Storm
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1960
Senen Raja
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1954
Djakarta di Waktu Malam
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1954
Hunting the Corpse Broker
Role: Producer
MOVIE • TBA