Ade Djajamihardja
| Ade Djajamihardja | |
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| Born | Ade Djajamihardja 10 December 1968 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australian |
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| 👩 Spouse(s) | Kate Stephens |
Ade Djajamihardja (born 10 December 1968) is an Australian producer and writer. Ade is an Asian Australian from a Muslim family. He is also a stroke survivor and a best-selling author. Ade contributes a rich and unique perspective on inclusive storytelling, and he's well known for throwing in a good joke at every opportunity. With over 30 years’ experience in the screen industry, Ade is now proudly disabled and back in the game. He is out to change the screen industry for the better.
Career
Ade's career began at ABCTV aged 19. He worked on iconic Australian programs such as Countdown Revolution, Tuesday Night Live: The Big Gig (1990-1991) and The Late Show. Ade held several senior positions overseas as a producer and CEO including CEO of Ten on Ten Pictures and Enfiniti Productions, Malaysia. He co-produced what was then the biggest historical epic film in Malaysia's history, A Legendary Love (2004), which was the first film from Malaysia to have been shortlisted in consideration for an Oscar nomination. He was one of the producers of Salam Cafe (2008), the first-ever Muslim entertainment program screened in prime time in the Western World. In 2011, Ade joined the not-for-profit board of Disability Media Australia, just three days prior to a massive stroke. [1][2] After this forced six-year hiatus, Ade is now "re-emerging" and finding his place as a screen media professional who lives with a major disability. In 2017 he completed and graduated with a Master of Screen Arts & Business at AFTRS[3]. Ade was a recipient of the 2017 Screen Australia initiative 'Seeing Ourselves: Developing the Developer.[4] He is the creator and writer/producer of Sit Down Comedy, a disability advocacy comedy program that received development funding from Screen Australia. Ade is also a best-selling author. As an Asian Australian from a Muslim family, and as a stroke survivor living with a disability, Ade contributes a rich and unique perspective on inclusive storytelling.
Ade is a Board Member for Darts (Diversity Arts Australia),[5] and a member of the Bayside City Council's Disability Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee. In 2007, together with his wife Kate Stephens, they co-founded the Melbourne production company, A2K Media, which now prioritizes and focuses on content endorsing disability advocacy, empowerment, pride and leadership.
Personal life
Djajamihardja is married to Kate Stephens.
References
- ↑ Tonkes, Leanne; Djajamihardja, Ade. "Ade Djajamihardja". IMDB. IMDB.
- ↑ "Ade Djajamihardja". Arts Front.
- ↑ AFTRS Talent Camp (PDF) https://www.aftrs.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Participant-Booklet_VIC_digital-FINAL.pdf. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Screen Australia (PDF) https://www.aftrs.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Participant-Booklet_VIC_digital-FINAL.pdf. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Meet Ade Djajamihardja, Diversity Arts' Newest Board Member · Diversity Arts Australia". Diversity Arts Australia. Diversity Arts Australia. 19 November 2020.
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