List of Thai film directors
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The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...
to be grouped by their given name, not their family name, even if they have taken a Western
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- Adirek Wattaleela ("Uncle")
- Aditya AssaratAditya AssaratAditya Assarat is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, producer and cinematographer.-Early career:...
- Anocha SuwichakornpongAnocha SuwichakornpongAnocha Suwichakornpong is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and producer.-Early life:Anocha Suwichakornpong was born in Thailand 1976. She spent the 1990s living in England, where she attended universities and graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees...
- Apichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong WeerasethakulApichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004...
- Areeya Sirisopha
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- Kamol Srisawad
- Khongdej Jaturanrassamee
- Kittikorn LiasirikunKittikorn LiasirikunKittikorn Liasirikun , also known as Leo Kittikorn, is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. His films include Bus Lane and Saving Private Tootsie.- Director :* 18-80 Buddy...
- Komgrit Treewimol
- Kongkiat KhomsiriKongkiat Khomsiri-Film career:He graduated from the Faculty of Mass Communications at Bangkok University and started his career as a crew member on Mysterious Object at Noon, the first feature film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul...
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- Manit Wasuwat
- Manop Udomdej
- Michael ShaowanasaiMichael ShaowanasaiMichael Shaowanasai, , is a Thai-American artist and actor who lives in Bangkok. His works includes performance art, photography, video, film and installations....
- Mingmongkol SonakulMingmongkol SonakulMom Luang Mingmongkol Sonakul is a Thai film producer and independent film director. As the head of her own production company, Dedicate Ltd., she has produced films by Apichatpong Weerasethakul ; Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, including Invisible Waves; Pimpaka Towira's One Night Husband and The Tin Mine by...
- Mitr ChaibanchaMitr ChaibanchaMitr Chaibancha was a Thai film actor who made 266 films from 1956 to 1970....
- Monthon ArayangkoonMonthon ArayangkoonMonthon Arayangkoon is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. His credits include Garuda, the first all-digital Thai film production. His other films include The Victim and The House...
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- Pakphum WonjindaPakphum WonjindaPakphum Wonjinda, , is a Thai film director and screenwriter. His first screenplay was for the horror-comedy, Body Jumper, which was based on a Thai ghost folktale. He made his directorial debut in 2004 with the musical-horror-comedy, Formalin Man...
- Pantham Thongsang
- Pang Brothers
- Panna RittikraiPanna RittikraiPanna Rittikrai is a Thai martial arts action choreographer, film director, screenwriter and actor...
- Parkpoom WongpoomParkpoom WongpoomParkpoom Wongpoom is a Thai filmmaker and screenwriter. With Banjong Pisanthanakun, he co-directed and co-wrote the hit 2004 Thai horror film, Shutter, and the 2007 horror film, Alone.-Education and early career:...
- Payut NgaokrachangPayut NgaokrachangPayut Ngaokrachang was a Thai cartoonist and animator. He created Thai cinema's first cel-animated feature film, The Adventure of Sudsakorn.-Early life:...
- Pen-Ek RatanaruangPen-Ek RatanaruangPen-Ek Ratanaruang is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his arthouse work, Last Life in the Universe, and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul...
- Petchtai WongkamlaoPetchtai WongkamlaoPetchtai Wongkamlao, , is a Thai comedian, actor and film director. He is best known in Thailand by his stage name, Mum Jokmok ; and is a popular Thai television personality...
- Piak Poster
- Pimpaka TowiraPimpaka TowiraPimpaka Towira is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and film producer. Her films include One Night Husband and The Truth Be Told: The Cases Against Supinya Klangnarong.-Career:...
- Pisut PraesangeamPisut PraesangeamPisut Praesangeam is a Thai actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include Bangkok Haunted and Thai Thief.-As director:*Bangkok Haunted *Thai Thief -As screenwriter:...
- Poj ArnonPoj Arnon-Career:Poj began his career in the 1980s as an advertising sales manager for Ter-Kab-Chan Magazine, eventually becoming the magazine's chief editor. His work on the magazine enabled him to scout out and groom many of the Thai teen movie stars of the era....
- Prachya PinkaewPrachya PinkaewPrachya Pinkaew is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films starring Tony Jaa.-Biography:...
- Pumin Chinaradee
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- Sananjit Bangsapan
- Santi Taepanich
- Songyos SugmakananSongyos Sugmakanan- Filmography :* My Elephant - short film* Fan Chan - co-directed* Dorm * Hormones...
- Suthep Po-ngamSuthep Po-ngamSuthep Po-ngam , also known by his stage name Thep Po-ngam, is a Thai comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter. He played the leader of a gang of inept hitmen in Killer Tattoo...
- Suwan Huangsirisakul
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- Youngyooth Thongkonthun
- Yuthlert SippapakYuthlert SippapakYuthlert Sippapak is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. He's best known for his genre-blending films Killer Tattoo and Buppah Rahtree .-Biography:...