Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1970-07-16 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Bangkok, Thailand

Also Known As อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล, Aphichatphong Wirasetthakun, Joe, 아피찻퐁 위라세타쿤, 阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古, 아피찻퐁 위라세타꾼

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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.

Known For

Director

Solarium

as Director

Walking

as Director

Sleep Song

as Director

For Shellie

as Director

Tong, Somchai

as Director

Sarit

as Director

Home

as Director

Jenjira, Death

as Director

2022
Durmiente

as Director

2022
On Blue

as Director

2022
For Bruce

as Director

2021
Night Colonies

as Director

2021
Memoria

as Director

2020
Decameron

as Director

2020
Cinetracts '20

as Director

2020
October Rumbles

as Director

2020
2020
2020

as Director

2019
Strands

as Director

2019
2019

as Director

2018
Home

as Director

2018
Ten Years Thailand

as Director

2018
Blue

as Director

2018
2018
Fiction

as Director

2017
2017
2016
Fan Dog

as Director

2016
2016
Invisibility

as Director

2016
Ablaze

as Director

2015
2015
Rolling

as Director

2015
Vapour

as Director

2015
Fever Room

as Director

2014
2014
Footprints

as Director

2014
Short Plays

as Director

2014
Fireworks Sketch

as Director

2014
For Monkeys Only

as Director

2014
Father

as Director

2013
La Punta

as Director

2013
Dilbar

as Director

2013
One Water

as Director

2013
Blue Propeller

as Director

2012
Mekong Hotel

as Director

2012
Ashes

as Director

2012
Cactus River

as Director

2012
Sakda (Rousseau)

as Director

2012
20 Little Films

as Director

2011
M Hotel

as Director

2011
Trailer for CinDi

as Director

2011
Monsoon

as Director

2011
2011
2010
Empire

as Director

2009
Phantoms of Nabua

as Director

2009
Haiku

as Director

2009
2009
An Evening Shoot

as Director

2009
2009
2009
Nabua

as Director

2009
Nabua Song

as Director

2009
Primitive

as Director

2008
2008
Mobile Men

as Director

2008
Vampire

as Director

2008
2007
2007
Luminous People

as Director

2007
Emerald

as Director

2007
2007
Meteorites

as Director

2007
Teem

as Director

2006
2006
The Anthem

as Director

2005
Worldly Desires

as Director

2005
Ghost of Asia

as Director

2004
Tropical Malady

as Director

2004
TON

as Director

2003
Nokia Short

as Director

2002
Blissfully Yours

as Director

2002
2001
Father

as Director

2001
Haunted Houses

as Director

2000
Boys at Noon

as Director

1999
Thirdworld

as Director

1999
Windows

as Director

1999
Malee and the Boy

as Director

1994
0116643225059

as Director

1993
Bullet

as Director

Editor

2018
2018
Blue

as Editor

2015
Vapour

as Editor

2014
2012
Cactus River

as Editor

2011
Monsoon

as Editor

2008
Mobile Men

as Editor

2007
Emerald

as Editor

2007
2007
Meteorites

as Editor

2005
Worldly Desires

as Editor

2005
Ghost of Asia

as Editor

2003
Nokia Short

as Editor

2001
Haunted Houses

as Editor

1999
1999
Windows

as Editor

1999
Thirdworld

as Editor

1994
0116643225059

as Editor

Writer

2021
Memoria

as Writer

2018
Ten Years Thailand

as Screenplay

2016
Invisibility

as Writer

2015
Rolling

as Writer

2015
2015
Vapour

as Writer

2012
Mekong Hotel

as Writer

2012
Ashes

as Writer

2011
Monsoon

as Idea

2009
2008
Vampire

as Writer

2005
2004
Tropical Malady

as Screenplay

2002
2002

Camera

2014
Fireworks (Archives)

as Camera Operator

2012
Cactus River

as Camera Operator

2008
Mobile Men

as Camera Operator

2007
Emerald

as Camera Operator

2007
My Mother’s Garden

as Camera Operator

2005
Worldly Desires

as Camera Operator

2005
Ghost of Asia

as Camera Operator

2003
2003
Nokia Short

as Camera Operator

2001
Haunted Houses

as Camera Operator

2000
Mysterious Object at Noon

as Director of Photography

2000
Mysterious Object at Noon

as Camera Operator

1999
Thirdworld

as Camera Operator

1999
Malee and the Boy

as Camera Operator

1999
Windows

as Camera Operator

1994
0116643225059

as Camera Operator

Producer

Mi Madre Siempre

as Producer

2021
Memoria

as Producer

2017
Railway Sleepers

as Producer

2015
2013
Concrete Clouds

as Producer

2010
Reincarnate

as Producer

2007
Emerald

as Producer

2006