{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1695956/monica-vanesa-tedja",
  "name": "Monica Vanesa Tedja",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1695956/monica-vanesa-tedja",
  "knownForDepartment": "Directing",
  "description": "Born September 8, 1991 in Jakarta, Monica Vanesa Tedja (they/she) is a Chinese-Indonesian filmmaker based between Berlin and Jakarta, whose films pose questions around minority identity issues through intimate character work, while also exploring the tensions of black and white morality: ranging from religion and sexuality to the non-binary identity.",
  "birthDate": "1991-09-08",
  "birthPlace": "Jakarta, Indonesia",
  "alternateName": [
    "Monica Tedja"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bxFzA92PBXHdxiZt76XDUHvrHwF.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6543936"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "6 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 809352,
      "title": "Dear to Me",
      "year": "2021",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oWXYTQhJgfnXqi2j2371E8tOEbd.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/809352/dear-to-me-2021"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 315596,
      "title": "Night Shift for Cuties",
      "year": null,
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/315596/night-shift-for-cuties"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 276884,
      "title": "In the Absence of the Sun",
      "year": "2014",
      "role": "Script Supervisor",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": 7.3,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lYVeatUtBde6pBCfgpqEsivejFy.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/276884/in-the-absence-of-the-sun-2014"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1394811,
      "title": "The Void in Between",
      "year": "2019",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/shbLssULQwVn5E61pA6Ww59i2go.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1394811/the-void-in-between-2019"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 850333,
      "title": "Sleep Tight, Maria",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/evyFvAlEaVrE2xO0PO0tc936nZl.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/850333/sleep-tight-maria-2015"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1264081,
      "title": "Dear Family",
      "year": null,
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1264081/dear-family"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1370076,
      "title": "My Therapist Said, I am Full of Sadness",
      "year": "2024",
      "role": "Director",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uDZOwxXvQ7ntK9zW0bdaHsr451M.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1370076/my-therapist-said-i-am-full-of-sadness-2024"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 421685,
      "title": "The Flower & The Bee",
      "year": "2015",
      "role": "Executive Producer",
      "roleKind": "crew",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": null,
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/421685/the-flower-the-bee-2015"
    }
  ]
}