Prima Rusdi

Who is Prima Rusdi?

Prima Rusdi is an Indonesian screenwriter and writer.

Rusdi was born in Göttingen, West Germany and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. She graduated from the University of Indonesia and has a Master's degree in Communications from University of Canberra, and initially wanted to become a journalist. She began her career as a writer in 2000 after quitting her job as a copywriter with a multinational advertising agency. She won several top advertising awards during her career as a copywriter. She co-wrote her first film Eliana, Eliana with director Riri Riza during which she also co-wrote What's Up with Love? with Jujur Prananto. In 2004, Rusdi won two awards from Festival Film Indonesia for Eliana, Eliana and for a teleplay called The Big Celebration. Both Eliana and The Big Celebration were produced by Miles Films, a production house that Prima considers as her 'film school'. In 2005 she co-wrote Waking Banyu with writer Rayya Makarim, and in 2006 she wrote Garasi, a coming-of-age film produced by What's with Love producer, Mira Lesmana. Garasi is a directorial debut from Agung Sentausa, a close friend of Prima's who also received his film training from Miles Films.