Person Details

Birthday: 1981-03-24 12:28:26

Aliases: Baz Poonpiriya , Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya , นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bangkok, Thailand

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya (Thai: นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ, born 1981) is a Thai director, working extensively on television commercials and music videos, but best known for the thriller films Countdown and Bad Genius. Nattawut graduated Master of Fine Arts in stage directing from Srinakharinwirot University. After graduating, he worked mainly on television commercials for three years before moving to New York to study graphic design at Pratt Institute. He returned to Thailand in 2011, and worked as a music video director before directing his first feature film, the horror thriller Countdown, for GTH in 2012. The film won three categories at the Suphannahong National Film Awards. Nattawut then made a hiatus from feature films to focus again on advertising. His second feature, Bad Genius, was released in 2017, and won a record-breaking twelve categories at the awards.

Most Famous Work

Bad Genius
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8

Bad Genius

(2017) Screenplay
Thai Cave Rescue
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7

Thai Cave Rescue

(2022) Director
Countdown
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6

Countdown

(2012) Screenplay
One for the Road
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7

One for the Road

(2022) Writer
The Library
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7

The Library

(2013) Director
Not Friends
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7

Not Friends

(2023) Producer
Present Perfect
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8

Present Perfect

(2014) Writer
The Reels Deal
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0

The Reels Deal

(2021) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2012 Sea You Crew (segment "21/28")
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Producer
2022 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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