Rempo Urip
Indonesian film director
Rempo Urip (10 July 1914 – 15 January 2001) was an Indonesian film director. He began his career in the theatre, serving as an extra and footballer for the Dardanella theatre company beginning in 1934. After six years and three troupes, Urip entered the film industry, working as a distributor for Oriental Film and assistant director for Java Industrial Film. He returned to the theatre during the Japanese occupation (1942–1945) and national revolution (1945–1949). In 1951 he joined Djamaluddin Malik's Persari as a director, completing thirteen films for the company before it closed in 1958. He continued as a freelance director until 1977.
Biography
Urip was born in Purworejo, Central Java, Dutch East Indies, on 10 July 1914. His father was a soldier of common birth. He moved to Palembang in southern Sumatra with his family as a child and attended an English Methodist school. He also took courses in Dutch.
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