Director

Akin

Camera

Career Snapshot

Explained

These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.

Directed credits

Established

Strong directing catalog.

TMDB popularity

0.0

Low visibility

TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.

Directed movies: 16Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 2235365

IMDb ID: nm0757652

Known for: Camera

Born: February 21, 1937

Died: September 21, 1999

Age: 62

Place of birth: Batavia, Dutch East Indies [now Jakarta, Indonesia]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1958 - 1991

Years active: 34

Also known as

Andy Sadikin • Tjhan Kok Kin • Akin Salawu

Frequent jobs

Director of Photography (16)Cinematography (2)Camera Supervisor (1)Story (1)

TMDB TMDB IMDb IMDb

Biography

Akin was an Indonesian cinematographer. Akin did not graduate from high school & worked as an assistant cameraman at Olympic Studio. After serving as assistant cameraman for only two films—one of which was Disimpang Djalan (1955) directed by The Teng Gan (TG The)—he was appointed as a full-time cameraman in the film A Thousand Steps (1957), starting his career in the Indonesian film industry. In 1957, he worked as a cameraman in Turang, directed by Bachtiar Siagian. This film won awards for film, director, supporting actor, and artistic arrangement at FFI 1960.

Movies