IGAK Satrya Wibawa received his PhD with a dissertation exploring the diverse forms through which Indonesian cinema has portrayed child characters. He is also a lecturer at the Communication Department in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya. His publications include a journal article "Children’s Heroism in Indonesian Cinema: The Representation of Child Heroes in Djenderal Kantjil (1958) and Jenderal Kancil (2012)" in the IM E-Journal of the National Academy of Screen and Sound, Australia, A monograph in Indonesian, titled “Anak-anak dalam Layar Garin Nugroho: Dari Eksperimentasi Visual hingga Kritik terhadap Orde Baru” (Children in Garin Nugroho’s Films: A Visual Experiment and Critiques against Indonesia’s New Order Regime), was published by the East Java Art Council in 2016. He has published a number of other articles in Indonesian-language journals. His research interest now focuses on the intersection between trauma-memory studies, digital media, cinema, and the creative-industry. He currently lives in Surabaya.