Born in Solo, Central Java in 1988, Zen Al Ansory graduated from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Surakarta and Thammasat University Bangkok, Thailand. In 2007, Zen started and founded for the independent film community in Solo. Then it started to develop feature films including Tauhid Dalam Hati (2014) was released in February 2014 by local cinema and distributed by independent. Zen latest short films Kunjungan Spesial (A Special Visit -2015), world premiered at Singapore International Film Festival 2015 and screened at Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2015. He finished two short films in 2017, Flowering PawPaw and The Lone Wolf Next Door..