APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: July 16, 1970
Place of Birth: Bangkok, Thailand

Biography

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.

Filmography

Production

Editor, Director
2023·
Solarium
Director
Director
Director
2022·
Walking
Director
Director
2021·
Waterfall
Director
Director
2020·
2020
Director
Director
Director
Director
2018·
Fiction
Director
2017·
2017
Director
Director
2015·
Vapour
Writer, Director, Editor
2014·
Father
Director
Director
2013·
One Water
Director
Producer
2018·
Blue
Editor, Director
Director
Producer
Director
2013·
Dilbar
Director
Producer, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Producer
Producer, Writer, Director
2009·
Primitive
Director
Director
2007·
Teem
Director
Producer, Writer, Director
2004·
TON
Director
Editor, Camera Operator, Director
Director
1993·
Bullet
Director
Director, Screenplay
Director
2022·
For Bruce
Director
2022·
On Blue
Director
Cinematography, Director
2021·
Memoria
Writer, Director, Producer
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Director
Producer
2016·
Ablaze
Director
Writer, Director
Director
Writer, Producer, Director
Director
Director
2013·
La Punta
Director
Director
Director
2011·
Monsoon
Editor, Director, Idea
2009·
Nabua
Director
Director
Director
Editor, Screenplay, Director
Editor, Director
Camera Operator, Editor, Idea, Director
Camera Operator, Editor, Director
Writer, Director
Idea
1999·
Windows
Camera Operator, Editor, Director
Camera Operator, Director, Editor
Editor, Camera Operator, Director
Camera Operator, Editor, Director
Producer
2022·
Durmiente
Director
Director
2018·
Home
Director
Director
2016·
Fan Dog
Director
Director
Editor, Camera Operator, Director
Editor, Camera Operator, Director
Director
Editor, Camera Operator, Director
Camera Operator, Editor, Director
2007·
Emerald
Camera Operator, Producer, Director, Editor
Editor, Director, Camera Operator
Writer, Director
Editor, Camera Operator, Director
2001·
Father
Director
Editor, Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Editor, Camera Operator, Director
TBA·
Sarit
Director
TBA·
Home
Director
Director
2020·
Decameron
Director
2019·
2019
Director
2019·
Untitled
Director
2015·
Rolling
Writer, Director
Director
2012·
Ashes
Director, Writer
2011·
M Hotel
Director
2010·
Empire
Director
Director
2009·
Haiku
Director
Director
2008·
Vampire
Director, Writer
Director
Director
Director
Screenplay, Director