Joko Anwar is an award-winning writer and director who started his career as a journalist and film critic. His works include The Forbidden Door, which received the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival; Modus Anomali; and A Copy of My Mind, which competed at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. His film Pengabdi Setan (Satan's Slaves) topped 2017’s box office and was the highest-grossing horror of all time in Indonesia.