Dandhy Laksono

Dandhy Laksono is an Indonesian journalist and documentary filmmaker who spent 26 years in journalism covering issues ranging from banking cases in Jakarta to the Aceh military emergency and the 2004 tsunami. He founded Watchdoc in 2009, which went on to receive the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights and the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2021. His books include Indonesia for Sale and Jurnalisme Investigasi, as well as Reset Indonesia, co-authored with three colleagues. He has also produced widely discussed documentaries including Sexy Killers, Dirty Vote, Dirty Vote 2–O3, and Pesta Babi.

Dandhy Laksono adalah jurnalis dan pembuat film dokumenter Indonesia yang telah berkarier selama lebih dari 26 tahun. Sepanjang kariernya, ia meliput berbagai isu penting, mulai dari kasus perbankan di Jakarta hingga darurat militer di Aceh dan tsunami 2004. Pada 2009, ia mendirikan Watchdoc, yang kemudian meraih Gwangju Prize for Human Rights dan Ramon Magsaysay Award pada 2021. Dandhy juga menulis sejumlah buku, di antaranya Indonesia for Sale, Jurnalisme Investigasi, dan Reset Indonesia yang ditulis bersama tiga rekannya. Namanya dikenal luas melalui film-film dokumenter seperti Sexy Killers, Dirty Vote, Dirty Vote 2–O3, dan Pesta Babi, yang mengangkat berbagai isu sosial, politik, dan lingkungan di Indonesia.