BASE Entertainment is a studio with outposts in Singapore and Indonesia. Founded by partners, Aoura Lovenson Chandra, Shanty Harmayn, Ben Soebiakto and Tanya Yuson, BASE Entertainment is about focused on working with the top creative talent to bring forward stories from Asia to the world. BASE’s slate of projects includes about film as well as series for various platforms.
About
Founders & Partners
Shanty Harmayn Hofman
Co-Founder
An Indonesian film producer based in Beijing and Jakarta. She produced award-winning movies, The Photograph (2007) and Whispering Sands (2001), directed by Indonesia’s leading female director, Nan Achnas. The Photograph won the Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008. Another film she produced, The Dancer (2011) by Ifa Isfansyah won the prestigious Best Indonesian Film in 2011 and became Indonesia’s submission to the Academy Awards 2013. She also produced Garuda di Dadaku, a 2009 summer holiday box office hit in Indonesia, grossing 5 million US dollars in nationwide theatrical run.
Shanty Harmayn Hofman
Co-Founder
An Indonesian film producer based in Beijing and Jakarta. She produced award-winning movies, The Photograph (2007) and Whispering Sands (2001), directed by Indonesia’s leading female director, Nan Achnas. The Photograph won the Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008. Another film she produced, The Dancer (2011) by Ifa Isfansyah won the prestigious Best Indonesian Film in 2011 and became Indonesia’s submission to the Academy Awards 2013. She also produced Garuda di Dadaku, a 2009 summer holiday box office hit in Indonesia, grossing 5 million US dollars in nationwide theatrical run.
Shanty Harmayn Hofman
Co-Founder
Aoura Lovenson Chandra
Co-Founder
A film producer based in Indonesia. He started producing film since 2006, right after he finished film school in Sydney, Australia. With his extensive background as a Media & Digital Entrepreneur, he brings a unique and commercial perspective in every project he is involved with. His specialty is in distribution, marketing & promotion and overall packaging of a film. In 2012, he produced The Land of Five Towers, which ranked among the top 5 highest grossing film that year. He has also produced several award-winning series.
Aoura Lovenson Chandra
Co-Founder
A film producer based in Indonesia. He started producing film since 2006, right after he finished film school in Sydney, Australia. With his extensive background as a Media & Digital Entrepreneur, he brings a unique and commercial perspective in every project he is involved with. His specialty is in distribution, marketing & promotion and overall packaging of a film. In 2012, he produced The Land of Five Towers, which ranked among the top 5 highest grossing film that year. He has also produced several award-winning series
Aoura Lovenson Chandra
Co-Founder
Tanya Yuson
Co-Founder
Tanya Yuson is a founding partner and Chief Creative Development officer of BASE Entertainment, a studio based out of Jakarta and Singapore that develops, finances, produces and distributes content for the Indonesian market as well as for the international market. She is the Executive producer and writer for the Netflix Original Anime Series TRESE and Co- Showrunner for GADIS KRETEK, Indonesia’s first Netflix Original Series. Her latest project is Prime Video’s COMEDY ISLAND for the Philippine and Indonesian version, which she is co-Showrunning with Shanty Harmayn.
Currently, BASE has a slate of projects in varying stages of development and pre-production including a slate of movies that are co-productions with CJ entertainment and Ivanhoe, the first of which is Joko Anwar’s film IMPETIGORE which had its world premiere at Sundance in 2020 and won the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Aside from TRESE, BASE also has its live-action series QUARANTINE TALES on Netflix as well as the films AKHIRAT: A LOVE STORY and CRAZY AWESOME TEACHERS. Prior to founding BASE, Tanya spent 14 years in New York and Los Angeles where she worked in development for studios such as New Line Cinema and The Walt Disney Company. She then went on to be a producer and an executive at Millar Gough Ink, a production company whose principals were Al Gough and Miles Millar, where she worked on company projects such as SMALLVILLE for TV and feature films such as THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR , HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE and I AM NUMBER FOUR to name a few. Tanya was also a consultant for the Dino de Laurentiis company in Los Angeles.
Tanya Yuson
Co-Founder
Tanya Yuson is a founding partner and Chief Creative Development officer of BASE Entertainment, a studio based out of Jakarta and Singapore that develops, finances, produces and distributes content for the Indonesian market as well as for the international market. She is the Executive producer and writer for the Netflix Original Anime Series TRESE and Co- Showrunner for GADIS KRETEK, Indonesia’s first Netflix Original Series. Her latest project is Prime Video’s COMEDY ISLAND for the Philippine and Indonesian version, which she is co-Showrunning with Shanty Harmayn.
Currently, BASE has a slate of projects in varying stages of development and pre-production including a slate of movies that are co-productions with CJ entertainment and Ivanhoe, the first of which is Joko Anwar’s film IMPETIGORE which had its world premiere at Sundance in 2020 and won the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Aside from TRESE, BASE also has its live-action series QUARANTINE TALES on Netflix as well as the films AKHIRAT: A LOVE STORY and CRAZY AWESOME TEACHERS. Prior to founding BASE, Tanya spent 14 years in New York and Los Angeles where she worked in development for studios such as New Line Cinema and The Walt Disney Company. She then went on to be a producer and an executive at Millar Gough Ink, a production company whose principals were Al Gough and Miles Millar, where she worked on company projects such as SMALLVILLE for TV and feature films such as THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR , HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE and I AM NUMBER FOUR to name a few. Tanya was also a consultant for the Dino de Laurentiis company in Los Angeles.
Tanya Yuson
Co-Founder
Ben Soebiakto
Co-Founder
He has a lot of experience in Finance & Investment in the creative industry. He has incubated more than 10 successful creative companies. He is the founder and co-chairman of Ideafest, the largest creative conference in Indonesia. He is currently also the Chief Strategist of SCM, the Largest Media Group in Indonesia
Ben Soebiakto
Co-Founder
He has a lot of experience in Finance & Investment in the creative industry. He has incubated more than 10 successful creative companies. He is the founder and co-chairman of Ideafest, the largest creative conference in Indonesia. He is currently also the Chief Strategist of SCM, the Largest Media Group in Indonesia.
Ben Soebiakto
Co-Founder
Team
Ratih Kumala
Head Writer
Sari Mochtan
Producer
Fauzar Nurdin
Producer
Nadia Saraswati
Head of Distribution
Hally Ahmad
Casting Producer
Melinda Konny
Investor Relations
Noldy Leonardo
Legal & Business Affairs
Silvia Fadiel
Head of Finance
Atik Hardianti
Event & Partnership
Margie Patty
Content & Social Media
Achievements
