My favourite Thai filmmakers
by Koyaanisqatsi4 | created - 13 Sep 2014 | updated - 13 Sep 2014 | Public
1. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Director | Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok) grew up in Khon Kaen, a city in the north east of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the ...
2. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Director | Ruang talok 69
Pen-Ek studied from 1977 to 1985 in New York at the Pratt Institute and worked as freelance illustrator and designer with Designframe Incorporate. In Thailand he worked for five years as art director, before making his début with Fun Bar Karaoke, that was screened at many festivals after its ...
3. Prachya Pinkaew
Producer | Ong-Bak
Prachya Pinkaew was born on September 2, 1962. He is a producer and director, known for Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003), The Protector (2005) and Chocolate (2008).
4. Panna Rittikrai
Director | Ong-bak 3
Panna Rittikrai is the man behind Thai action star Tony Jaa, whose work in Ong-Bak, astounded viewers across the globe. Panna Rittikrai was born in the small village of Khon Kaen in Thailand. At a young age, he was a fan of martial arts films and he knew it would be his dream to become involved in ...
5. Ratana Pestonji
Director | Prae dum
Ratana Pestonji was born on May 22, 1908 in Bangkok, Thailand. She was a director and producer, known for Prae dum (1961), Sugar Is Not Sweet (1965) and Hell Hotel (1957). She died on August 17, 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.
6. Chatrichalerm Yukol
Director | Nawng mia
Yukoi, also known as Tan Mui, is paving the way for a whole new genre of film. His latest release, The Legend of Suriyothai (2001), is Thailand's first big budget blockbuster film as well as one of its most highly anticipated. Breaking new ground in cinema has been a way of life for the son of 35 ...
7. Cherd Songsri
Director | Plae kao
Cherd Songsri was born in 1931 in Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand. Cherd was a director and writer, known for The Scar (1977), Amdaeng Muen kab nai Rid (1994) and Puen Paeng (1983). Cherd died on May 19, 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand.
8. Nonzee Nimibutr
Director | Nang Nak
He is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. Best known for his ghost thriller, Nang Nak, he is generally credited as the leader among a "New Wave" of Thai filmmakers that also includes Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Nonzee graduated with a ...
9. Wisit Sasanatieng
Writer | Fah talai jone
After training at Silpakorn University, Bangkok's most important art school, Wisit Sasanatieng worked as a commercials' director. He wrote scripts for his friend and colleague Nonzee Nimibutr, including for Nang Nak (1999). _Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)_, his directing début, is the first Thai ...
10. Aditya Assarat
Director | Wonderful Town
Aditya Assarat was born in Bangkok. Thailand, in 1972. He left Thailand at the age of 15 to be educated in the United States. He studied History at New York University, and subsequently earned a master's degree in film production at the Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 2000.
His ...
11. Songyos Sugmakanan
Director | Dek hor
Songyos Sugmakanan is known for Dorm (2006), My Girl (2003) and The Billionaire (2011).
12. Itthisoontorn Vichailak
Director | Hom rong
Itthisoontorn Vichailak is known for Hom rong (2004), Look Ba Teaw La Sud (1993) and Khon liang chang (1987).
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