A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Riau, Indonesia
Born:
June 24, 2004
As a dedicated film student and passionate storyteller, Gilbert Christianto Hutagalung has dedicated his creative journey to exploring human emotions and social issues through the lens of cinema. With a strong foundation in directing, screenwriting, and producing, he has brought to life a range of original short films, including Mother Monsters (2022), Jangan Sampai Lepas (2024), and his latest work, Broken Hallelujah (2025). An intimate, character-driven narrative style and a commitment to impactful, meaningful storytelling mark his work. Broken Hallelujah, which has been in development since 2023, marks his directorial debut, a project that reflects his interest in contemporary social themes and nuanced human stories. Beyond film, he actively contributes to theater productions and large-scale creative events, enriching his artistic perspective and collaborative spirit. Through cinema, Gilbert continues his pursuit of crafting narratives that resonate, provoke thought, and capture the complexity of human experience.
Director:
2025 Broken Hallelujah
Producer:
2024 Jangan Sampai Lepas!
2025 Broken Hallelujah
Writer:
2024 Jangan Sampai Lepas!
2025 Broken Hallelujah
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Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.