Born Winaldo Artaraya Swastia, Aldo has been in the film industry for more than a decade following his study in filmmaking. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from Jakarta Institute of Art (IKJ), where he received a full scholarship and achieved Cum Laude. His final project, Angin (Eng: An Essence of Wind), was critically acclaimed, nominated for Best Short Film at 2010 Festival Film Indonesia, and was screened at both domestic and international film festivals abroad. Since 2021, he is the Head of Creative in Mahaka Pictures.
After working as an assistant director and co-director in Indonesian feature films, he started his career as a director and directed several projects, namely 2 seasons of “Brata,” (season 1 & 2) a HOOQ/Maxstream original crime series, and “Dunia Maya,” a Vision+ original series; co-directed the 2018 Asian Games Opening Ceremony’s President Welcoming Video; and directed “Di Balik Kubikal,” an XL Axiata commercial web series for MyXL channel in Youtube. “Brata” garnered several accolades, “Di Balik Kubikal” won The Breakthrough Content Marketing of the Year in 2019 Marketeers Editor’s Choice Award, while “Dunia Maya” is the National Winner for Best Drama Series in 2021 Asian Academy Creative Award. He also worked as co-producer in a feature film “Preman” which garners several nominations in 2021 Festival Film Indonesia. His feature film debut, “Kadet 1947,” where he acts as both the director and screenwriter, won 2 awards in the Indonesian Screen Awards for Best Film and Best Directing at 16th JAFF 2021 ‘Tenacity.’
He is also a published fiction writer. A collection of his 14 short stories was published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2014 called “Memorabilia 8 Februari.