A screenwriter & producer
Stories from the margins. Made for the center.
Writing and producing character-led stories that explore heart, imagination, and a little weirdness. Suryawan marries deeply human stories about marginalized folks with unexpected world-building. That which conventional storytelling too often leaves behind, they center across screenwriting, producing, editing, and collaborative media arts.
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2026 — Co-director / Co-screenwriter
The first installment in a twenty-part short film series, co-created with poet R.C. Taylor.
2024 — Screenwriter
A bullied and closeted trans Muslim teenager secretly dreams of wearing her sister's hijab and finds a mysterious gift waiting in her locker on the last day of school.
2025 — Creator / Editor
An independently created and edited short film selected for the 2025 Ann Arbor Film Festival.
2025 — Producer
GenuKnife follows the structure of an infomercial, introducing the host to a live audience. After demonstrating the power of the GenuKnife, the film takes a turn as the host now demonstrates on his restrained boss. The host is brought back to reality during a physical struggle, and it's revealed that he's holding his boss hostage in a shed with an audience of mannequins. Despite being brought back to reality the host decides to kill his boss with the GenuKnife.
What collaborators say
“Muchtar creates a meaningful storyboard, where each transition is purposeful and impactful to the overall theme. The transitions from nature to relations of motherhood and self exploration are both easy to identify but also meaningfully conveyed through the directors' choices through various placement and camera panning techniques.”
— Oneg Tristan, Operations Director of 4words Community, on fate
“Whereas most screenwriters tend to make statements through dialogue, it is Muchtar's careful silences and pauses in their writing that is the most arresting and speaks volumes more than dialogue ever could. Their writing refuses easy answers. It's the kind of work that lingers—the imagination of the images stay, but the questions keep moving.”
— R.C. TAYLOR,CO-DIRECTOR AND CO-SCREENWRITER OF THE POET OUTSIDE THE DOOR
“On set, Muchtar is the calm in the storm. They hold the story even when production gets loud, and they never let a character become an afterthought.”
— DAISY THOMPSON, WARDROBE LEADR, FATE
Recognition
“Coverfly Red List Top Ten”
— Ibra(him) — 2024
“Official Festival Selection”
— Ann Arbor Film Festival — 2025
“Top Story Distinction — Three Times”
— Vocal Media
Open to co-productions, script consultancy, and development partnerships — especially first features and queer stories that refuse an easy shape.
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