Bachtiar Siagian

Bachtiar Siagian was an Indonesian film director and scriptwriter, who was "arguably the country's most significant leftist film director and theorist". He was a leading figure of Lembaga Kebudajaan Rakjat (LEKRA),. His film Turang (1957) won the main prize at the Indonesian Film Festival in Jakarta in 1960. In 2016 he posthumously received the 'Creator, Pioneer and Innovator Cultural Award' from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.