Livi Zheng, Film Director
From Malang to Hollywood, after 32 Rejections
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Film director Livi Zheng sent the following message last month when she was about to meet Tempo for an interview. "I'm still on a shoot, running late. Is it possible to meet at 5:30pm?" It seems she was being interviewed by a Jakarta TV station. "It's for the new year," she explained later.
Zheng, 26, was one very busy person, during her six-month trip home to Indonesia after an absence of 15 years. She was not only in demand as an interviewee by the media, Zheng also gave lectures at Gadjah Mada University, the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and Surabaya University.
Film director Livi Zheng sent the following message last month when she was about to meet Tempo for an interview. "I'm still on a shoot, running late. Is it possible to meet at 5:30pm?" It seems she was being interviewed by a Jakarta TV station. "It's for the new year," she explained later.
Zheng, 26, was one very busy person, during her six-month trip home to Indonesia after an absence of 15 years. She was not only in demand as an interviewee by the me
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