Bachtiar Effendi

Bachtiar Effendi
Effendi, 1939
BornAfter 1903
Died1 April 1976
NationalityIndonesian
Known forActing and filmmaking
Spouses
  • Suhara Effendi
  • Zuhara

Bachtiar Effendi (also spelled Bachtiar Effendy; after 1903 – 1 April 1976) was an Indonesian film actor and director who also served as a cultural critic. Beginning his film career in 1930, he made several works for Tan's Film before joining a drama troupe.

After spending ten years in British Malaya, he returned to Indonesia and directed several more films before being sent to Italy as a press attaché. He lived in the country for most of the remainder of his life, having found disfavour after supporting the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia.