Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Age: 54 | From: Bangkok, Thailand
Person Details
Birthday: 1970-07-16 18:44:29
Aliases: อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล , Aphichatphong Wirasetthakun , Joe , 아피찻퐁 위라세타쿤
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Bangkok, Thailand
Homepage: http://www.kickthemachine.com
Movie Involvements: 185
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Apichatpong “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 Cannes Film Festival; Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, Weerasethakul has directed several features and dozens of short films. Themes reflected in his films (frequently discussed in interviews) include dreams, nature, sexuality (including his own homosexuality), and Western perceptions of Thailand and Asia, and his films display a preference for unconventional narrative structures (like placing titles/credits at the middle of a film) and for working with non-actors. Cinephiles affectionately refer to him as “Joe” (a nickname that he, like many with similarly long Thai names, has adopted out of convenience). Description above from the Wikipedia article Apichatpong Weerasethakul, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Memoria
(2021) Writer
Tropical Malady
(2004) Director
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
(2010) Producer
Syndromes and a Century
(2006) Producer
Blissfully Yours
(2002) Writer
Cemetery of Splendor
(2015) Writer
Mekong Hotel
(2012) Writer
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
(2019) DirectorActing
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Crew
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| 2022 | Cinematography | |
| 2018 | Creative Consultant | |
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Writing
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Editing
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Camera
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