Nattawut Poonpiriya

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1981-03-24 (43 years old)

Place of Birth Bangkok, Thailand

Also Known As Baz Poonpiriya, Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya, นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ, 나타우트 폰피리야, บาส พูนพิริยะ

Nattawut Poonpiriya

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.

Known For

Director

2023
Zi Mui

as Director

2022
One for the Road

as Director

2022
Thai Cave Rescue

as Director

2021
The Reels Deal

as Director

2018
i STORIES

as Director

2017
Girlhattan

as Director

2017
Bad Genius

as Director

2015
REUNION

as Director

2014
Present Perfect

as Director

2013
The Library

as Director

2012
Countdown

as Director

2010
The Misbehavers

as Director

Writer

2023
Zi Mui

as Story

2022
2017
Girlhattan

as Writer

2017
Bad Genius

as Screenplay

2014
Present Perfect

as Writer

2012
Countdown

as Screenplay

2010
The Misbehavers

as Screenplay

Producer

2023
Not Friends

as Producer

2022
Thai Cave Rescue

as Executive Producer

Actor

2023
Not Friends

as Film Directors' Posing Reference

2012
Seven Something

as Sea You Crew (segment "21/28")

Editor

2010
The Misbehavers

as Editor