Nama lengkap: AGUS MAKKIE

Nama panggilan: AGUS

Tempat, tanggal lahir: AMUNTAI, 14 AGUSTUS 1969

Pekerjaan: FILM DIRECTOR (TVC)

Pengalaman

1992 – Mid 1995, Aim Communication - Leo Burnett — Art Director

Mid 1995 – 1999, J Walter Thompson – AdForce — Senior Art Director, Creative Group Head

1999 – 2001, Grafik - McCann Erickson — Associate Creative Director/Creative Director

2001 – 2003, J Walter Thompson – AdForce — Associate Creative Director/Creative Director

2003 – Present — Film Director, Visual Artist & Creative Partner (TV Commercial, Documentary and Music video)

Awards

Won few awards since working at Ad Agency till now on Citra Pariwara

Award, Cakram Award, AAA (ADOI Advertising Award).

Agus Makkie Profile

Film Director (TV Commercial, Music Video, Short Film and Documentary)

When the name Agus Makkie is mentioned, some people immediately think of TV commercial director, certainly a prestigious image but seriously oversimplified when you think of the innumerable fields that Agus has explored, and into which he continues to delve tirelessly. However, to understand the origins of his multi-faceted talents as art director, graphic designer, DJ and film director, you probably have to go all the way back to his past…

Agus Makkie was born in small town in South Kalimantan. In 1988 finished his High School in Malang, East Java. He continued his journey independently to study fine arts, interior design, photography; in Bandung, West Java and then Billy Blue Sydney to study graphic design to be his next turning point.

Back to Jakarta Agus Makkie’s career begins as an art director for AIM Communications (Leo Burnett Indonesia) in 1992. He moved to JWT Adforce 1995 and pursued the position of Senior Art Director cum Creative Group Head. In 1999 He roses to the ranks of Associate Creative Director at McCann and in 2001 makes his returns at JWT again as a Creative Director.

From JWT he starts directing some of his client’s TV commercials. He won some awards from Indonesia’s Citra Pariwara and AAA (ADOI Advertising Award) for Print Ads, BTL and TVC. His spirit of team works shows that his passion to creating best output out of his talented teams from time to time. His advertising visions already in the blood… he has to reach another level… to experience his new destination…

He starts taking his big leap at 2003… not long afterward he already moved into TV commercial directing. At 25 Frames he becomes assistant director and co-director for his close friend Ipang Wahid (Indonesia’s leading TVC director). He learns a lot about film production at 25 Frames where he starts and experiences his first debut as a TV commercial Director. Some of the works that he did with Ipang Wahid won some Awards in Cakram and Citra Pariwara.

In 2004, He was previously in house with Applebox Pictures and even won a Craft Award for EX Entertainment Xentre TVC for best sound design at ADOI Advertising Awards, and after finished his shooting in Malaysia early 2005 he become an in house director at Passion Pictures. The first work he did at Passion Pictures is a music video clip of Maliq & D’essential that brings the band to the next level.

His show reels now shows that his dedication, spirit, passion and ability of creating spots for local and international brands. Then In 2006 he is back to a freelance director. Influenced by the overflowing energy and creativities of the collective, and gaining greater and greater mastery over the golden eye available to him. He also becomes a Craft Judge at Citra Pariwara Award 2006 together with all the international judges. Lately his TVC work won silver for best film idea for AAA (ADOI Advertising Award) 2007.

He continue exploring his sense of art and design, making an experiment in visual art, lights painting that can collaborate with a musician or a band, also he started to explore more in Kinetic art that going to be his next experiment in art movement.

Now from the TV production side he opens himself to be more exposed local and international for TVC works by networking himself to Dubai, India, Shanghai, Philippine, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia.

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