Batara Goempar

Batara Goempar (born 4 April 1985) is an Indonesian cinematographer. He has received seven Citra Award for Best Cinematography nominations, winning two for Before, Now & Then (2022) and Samsara (2024). For the former, he also received nominations at the Asian Film Awards and Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

Batara Goempar
Born	Batara Goempar Siagian (1985-04-04) 4 April 1985 (age 40) Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2005–present

Career

Goempar started his career as a cinematographer in 2005 and graduated from Institut Kesenian Jakarta in 2009, majoring in Cinematography.^[1] In 2016, he was selected to participate at the Berlinale Talents.^[2] He has collaborated with various directors, including Kamila Andini, Garin Nugroho, Timo Tjahjanto, and Lucky Kuswandi.

He is a member of Indonesian Cinematographers Society.

Filmography

Goempar was a cinematographer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2007	D'Bijis	Rako Prijanto	First assistant camera
2009	Titik Nol	Nicholas Yudifar	Short film Also as writer
2009	The Good News	Nicholas Yudifar	Short film
2009	Kawin Laris	Cassandra Massardi	First assistant camera
2010	Menembus Impian	Hanung Bramantyo	Assistant camera
2010	Sang Pencerah	Hanung Bramantyo	Second assistant camera
2011	A Kick from the Sky	Hanung Bramantyo	Camera operator
2011	Pengejar Angin	Hanung Bramantyo	Camera operator
2012	Hi5teria	Nicholas Yudifar	Segment: "Palasik"
2012	Cinta Tapi Beda	Hanung Bramantyo, Hestu Saputra
2012	An Angel Without Wings	Rako Prijanto	Assistant camera
2012	Bring Me the Moon, Mom	Ifa Isfansyah	First assistant camera
2012	Paper Boat	Hanung Bramantyo	Camera operator
2012	Paper Boat 2	Hanung Bramantyo	Camera operator
2013	The Clerics	Rako Prijanto	Camera operator
2013	Pohon Penghujan	Andra Fembriarto	Short film
2014	Aroma of Heaven	Budi Kurniawan
2014	Merry Riana: Mimpi Sejuta Dolar	Hestu Saputra
2016	Chaotic Love Poems	Garin Nugroho
2017	At Stake	Krishto Damar Alam	Camera operator
2017	Posesif	Edwin
2018	The Night Comes for Us	Timo Tjahjanto	Second Unit Director of Photography
2018	May the Devil Take You	Timo Tjahjanto
2019	Portals	Timo Tjahjanto	Segment: "Sarah"
2020	Hunter in the Blue Side of Manchester	Rako Prijanto
2021	Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens	Lucky Kuswandi
2021	Kadet 1947	Rahabi Mandra, Aldo Swastia
2022	Before, Now & Then	Kamila Andini
2022	Perfect Strangers	Rako Prijanto
2022	The Big 4	Timo Tjahjanto
2023	Monster	Rako Prijanto
2024	Samsara	Garin Nugroho	Also co-producer
2024	The Shadow Strays	Timo Tjahjanto
2025	Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts	Rein Maychaelson	Short film
2025	A Normal Woman	Lucky Kuswandi

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2020–2022	Pretty Little Liars	Emil Heradi
2023	Cigarette Girl	Kamila Andini, Ifa Isfansyah

Awards and nominations

Citra Awards

Main article: Indonesian Film Festival

Year	Title	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Posesif	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[3]
2018	May the Devil Take You		Nominated	[4]
2021	Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens		Nominated	[5]
2022	Before, Now & Then		Won	[6]
	Kadet 1947		Nominated
2023	The Big 4		Nominated	[7]
2024	Samsara		Won	[8]

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Main article: Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result	Ref.
2022	Before, Now & Then	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[9]
2025	Samsara		Pending	[10]

Maya Awards

Main article: Maya Awards (Indonesia)

Year	Title	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Posesif	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[11]
2018	May the Devil Take You		Nominated	[12]
2021	Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens		Nominated	[13]
2022	Before, Now & Then		Won	[14]

Other awards

Year	Title	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2017	Posesif	Indonesian Screen Awards	Best Cinematography	Won	[15]
2023	Before, Now & Then	Asian Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[16]