About Rempo Urip
Rempo Urip was an Indonesian film director. He began his career in the theatre, serving as an extra and footballer for the Dardanella theatre company beginning in 1934. After six years and three troupes, Urip entered the film industry, working as a distributor for Oriental Film and assistant director for Java Industrial Film. He returned to the theatre during the Japanese occupation (1942–1945) and national revolution (1945–1949). In 1951 he joined Djamaluddin Malik's Persari as a director, completing thirteen films for the company before it closed in 1958. He continued as a freelance director until 1977. During the occupation (1942–45) and ensuing national revolution (1945–49), Urip returned to theatre, first with Fred Young's Bintang Soerabaia and later with Djamaluddin Malik's Bintang Timoer. Urip returned to Indonesia in 1953 and continued to work for Persari, first as general manager and later as a director, until the company closed in 1958.
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