Khusnul Khitam

Khusnul Khitam lahir di Pekalongan pada tanggal 14 April 1982. Ia menempuh pendidikan ilmu komunikasi di Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta. Ia membuat film pendek pertamanya pada tahun 2002 saat ia masih kuliah di jurusan penyiaran di Akademi Komunikasi Indonesia (Akindo) Yogyakarta. Sejak tahun 2007, ia bekerja sebagai sutradara dan penulis naskah. Pada tahun 2010, salah satu film pendeknya, Debt, mendapatkan penghargaan Skenario Terbaik di Festival Film Indonesia dan penghargaan juri khusus untuk film pendek Kotak Amal Ramadhan. Film dokumenter panjang pertamanya, Pulejajar, diputar di Festival Film Dokumenter dan festival film Internasional WaterDocs. Film fiksi terbarunya, Alang-alang (Sound From the Sea), tayang perdana di Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2022.

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Khusnul Khitam was born in Pekalongan on April 14, 1982. He studied communication science at Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta. He made his first short film in 2002 when he was still studying broadcasting at Akademi Komunikasi Indonesia (Akindo) Yogyakarta. Since 2007, he has been working as a director and scriptwriter. In 2010, one of his short films, Debt, received the Best Screenplay award at the Indonesian Film Festival and a special jury award for the short film Kotak Amal Ramadhan. His first feature-length documentary, Pulejajar, was presented at the Festival Film Dokumenter and the WaterDocs International film festival. His latest fiction film, Alang-alang (Sound From the Sea), premiered at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2022.