Kaleb Sitompul is a freelancer specializing in film directing and photography in Indonesia. Starting his professional career as a music photographer in 2014, Kaleb started to explore many forms of photography.
 

2016, he studied at the Jakarta Institute of Arts in Film Studies. Learning about storytelling and narrative, he combines his photography experience with his major as a film director.
 

During a pandemic situation transition, he explored storytelling through photography and joined the one-year mentorship at Pannafoto Institute. He is interested in the stories of local people outside Java, which he thinks are essential to talk about. Since 2021, Kaleb has focused on exploring stories and issues in North Sumatra through visual mediums: photography and film. He also created an alternative visual (photography and film) community with his colleagues in Medan named Sekelakfoto and kinocolony.