Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong 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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
July 16, 1970Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
121Place of birth
Bangkok, ThailandAlso known as
อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล, Aphichatphong Wirasetthakun, Joe, 아피찻퐁 위라세타쿤, 阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古, 아피찻퐁 위라세타꾼Cast credits
Behind the Blur
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
SelfCinema Futures
SelfA.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
HimselfTony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
HimselfWiara
HimselfUncertain Path
Past Present
SelfMekong Hotel
SelfThe Legend of the Palme d'Or
SelfCirculation
RunnerThirdworld
Crew credits
Tropical Malady
Director, ScreenplaySyndromes and a Century
Director, Writer, ProducerThe Adventures of Iron Pussy
Writer, DirectorUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Director, Writer, ProducerBlissfully Yours
Director, WriterPhantoms of Nabua
DirectorMysterious Object at Noon
Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Writer, Director of PhotographyA Letter to Uncle Boonmee
Director, Screenplay, EditorMekong Hotel
Director, WriterThe State of the World
DirectorAshes
Director, WriterHaiku
DirectorThirdworld
Director, Camera Operator, EditorWorldly Desires
Director, Camera Operator, EditorEmerald
Camera Operator, Director, Producer, EditorMobile Men
Director, Camera Operator, EditorCactus River
Director, Editor, Camera Operator