Pawadi Jihad was born on July 7th 1988 in Malikian, a little village in West Kalimantan. He taught himself all about films, he thinks films are the media for one to collect and recollect the memories from the past. Most of his films are inspired from real-life stories, whether the happy ones or those of the rebellions. Starting his career by becoming a play actor, he finally decided not to stop in the performing stages, but instead took the steps producing short films, such as SELOW JAK BOY, MIRA, NATUNA and BAGIAN TENGAH MASIH TERANG.

Whispered a Mother (2023); Still-Bright Middle Part (2018)