Joko Anwar (born 3 January 1976) is an Indonesian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.

[1] Anwar first rose to prominence for co-writing Nia Dinata's 2003 hit Arisan!

He then made his feature film directorial debut with the romantic comedy Joni's Promise in 2005, gaining a Best Director nomination at the 2005 Citra Award.

He has since directed a wide range of genres: the noir thriller Dead Time: Kala (2007), psychological thriller The Forbidden Door (2009), supernatural horror Satan's Slaves (2017), and live-action superhero Gundala (2019).

He has also been nominated for a total of 7 Maya Awards, winning Best Director for Satan's Slaves in 2017.