Yuda Kurniawan was born in Manggarai, NTT, Indonesia on October 8, 1982. He is founder Rekam Films, a film company based in Depok, West Java. He also a film producer and director has received Citra Award, the highest achievement for Indonesian filmmakers given by Indonesian Film Festival. His films have been screened in various film festivals both domestic and overseas and has won several awards, one of them is Netpac Award (Network for the promotion of Asia Pasific Cinema), this is an award given to Asian film director who shows important contributions to the new Asian cinema movement. Some of his films include: "Pesantren Way's of Dakwah" (2016), "The Ballads of Cinema Lovers" (2017) Best documentary feature nominee of Indonesian Film Festival 2017 and "The Song of Grassroots" (2018) has won Citra Award for best documentary feature of Indonesian Film Festival 2018. The film has been world premiere and documentary competition in wide angle session at Busan International Film Festival 2018 and screened in more than 30 film festivals both domestic and overseas, one of the most prestigious is Asia Pacific Screen Award 2019 held in Brisbane, Australia. “The Song of Grassroots” has also been distributed in theaters on January 16, 2020 ago.