Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Biography

(Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง)  A Thai film director and screenwriter 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. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.

Most Famous Work

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Folklore

(2018) Writer

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Last Life in the Universe

(2003) Screenplay

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Fun Bar Karaoke

(1997) Screenplay

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Ploy

(2007) Screenplay

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Headshot

(2011) Screenplay

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Nymph

(2009) Screenplay

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Invisible Waves

(2006) Director

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6ixtynin9

(1999) Screenplay

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Self	The Master 2014-11-27 Movie
	N/A	Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows 2014-10-04 Movie
2009	N/A	Behind the Blur 2009-01-01 Movie
2004	Narrator (voice)	Citizen Dog 2004-12-12 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Director	Two Little Soldiers 2020-10-29 Movie
2018	Director	Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories 2018-11-29 Movie
	Director	Folklore: Pob 2018-10-28 Movie
	Director	Folklore 2018-10-07 TV Show
2017	Director	Samui Song 2017-08-30 Movie
2014	Director	The Life of Gravity 2014-07-17 Movie
2013	Director	Paradoxocracy 2013-06-24 Movie
2011	Director	60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 2011-12-22 Movie
	Director	Headshot 2011-11-24 Movie
2010	Director	The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix) 2010-05-11 Movie
2009	Director	Sawasdee Bangkok 2009-09-11 Movie
	Director	Nymph 2009-05-20 Movie
2007	Director	Ploy 2007-05-21 Movie
2006	Director	Invisible Waves 2006-03-02 Movie
	Director	Talk to Her 2006-01-01 Movie
	Director	Twelve Twenty 2006-01-01 Movie
2003	Director	Last Life in the Universe 2003-08-03 Movie
2001	Director	Mon-Rak Transistor 2001-12-28 Movie
1999	Director	6ixtynin9 1999-10-20 Movie
1997	Director	Fun Bar Karaoke 1997-02-20 Movie
	Director	The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi Movie
	Director	Morte Cucina Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2018	Screenplay	Folklore: Pob 2018-10-28 Movie
	Writer	Folklore 2018-10-07 TV Show
2017	Screenplay	Samui Song 2017-08-30 Movie
	Story	Samui Song 2017-08-30 Movie
2011	Screenplay	Headshot 2011-11-24 Movie
2009	Screenplay	Nymph 2009-05-20 Movie
2007	Screenplay	Ploy 2007-05-21 Movie
2006	Writer	Twelve Twenty 2006-01-01 Movie
2003	Screenplay	Last Life in the Universe 2003-08-03 Movie
2001	Screenplay	Mon-Rak Transistor 2001-12-28 Movie
1999	Screenplay	6ixtynin9 1999-10-20 Movie
1997	Screenplay	Fun Bar Karaoke 1997-02-20 Movie
	Writer	Morte Cucina Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2005	Thanks	Ghost Variety 2005-12-28 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2003	Editor	OK Baytong 2003-12-26 Movie
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1999	Producer	6ixtynin9 1999-10-20 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv