Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-07-16 (54 years old)
Place of Birth
Bangkok, Thailand
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
Acting
(2024)
Le bureau qui avait peur
as Self
(2021)
(2018)
(2018)
Wiara
as Himself
(2016)
Cinema Futures
as Self
(2015)
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
(2014)
(2014)
(2013)
Past Present
as Self
(2012)
Mekong Hotel
as Self
(2012)
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
as Himself
(2009)
(1999)
(1998)
Circulation
as Runner
Crew
Jenjira, Death
Director
Home
Director
Sarit
Director
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
Writer, Director
9 Temples to Heaven
Producer
For Shellie
Director
The Fountains of Paradise
Screenplay, Director
Mi Madre Siempre
Producer
(2024)
(2024)
Le bureau qui avait peur
Director, Editor
(2023)
(2023)
Solarium
Director
(2022)
Durmiente
Director
(2022)
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
Director, Cinematography
(2022)
On Blue
Director
(2022)
For Bruce
Director
(2022)
Sleep Song
Director
(2022)
Walking
Director
(2022)
Action et Réaction
Director
(2022)
A Conversation with the Sun (VR)
Director
(2022)
Three Rocks
Director
(2021)
(2021)
Memoria
Producer, Director, Writer
(2021)
Night Colonies
Director
(2020)
Decameron
Director
(2020)
Cinetracts '20
Director
(2020)
October Rumbles
Director
(2020)
Flowers & Banana Wind
Director
(2020)
2020
Director
(2020)
Seeing Circles
Director
(2019)
Untitled
Director
(2019)
2019
Director
(2019)
(2018)
Ten Years Thailand
Screenplay, Editor, Director
(2018)
Sakda, Somchai
Director
(2018)
Home
Director
(2018)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Creative Consultant
(2018)
Blue
Director, Editor
(2018)
Jenjira, Brother Triam
Director
(2018)
Fiction
Director
(2017)
Railway Sleepers
Producer
(2017)
async - first light
Director
(2017)
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Director
(2016)
Fan Dog
Director
(2016)
Art Through Our Eyes
Director
(2016)
Invisibility
Writer, Director
(2016)
Ablaze
Director
(2016)
The Parrot (Papagajka)
Thanks
(2015)
Vapour
Editor, Director, Writer
(2015)
Cemetery of Splendor
Director, Producer, Writer
(2015)
Rolling
Director, Writer
(2015)
Fever Room
Director
(2014)
Fireworks (Archives)
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
(2014)
Footprints
Director
(2014)
Short Plays
Director
(2014)
Fireworks Sketch
Director
(2014)
Father
Director
(2014)
For Monkeys Only
Director
(2013)
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
(2013)
La Punta
Director
(2013)
Dilbar
Director
(2013)
Blue Propeller
Director
(2013)
One Water
Director
(2013)
Concrete Clouds
Producer
(2012)
Mekong Hotel
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
(2012)
Ashes
Director, Writer
(2012)
Cactus River
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
(2012)
Sakda (Rousseau)
Director
(2012)
20 Little Films
Director
(2011)
M Hotel
Director
(2011)
Trailer for CinDi
Director
(2011)
Monsoon
Editor, Idea, Director
(2011)
3.11 A Sense of Home
Director
(2011)
Quattro Hong Kong 2
Director
(2010)
Empire
Director
(2010)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Director, Writer, Producer
(2010)
Reincarnate
Producer
(2009)
Phantoms of Nabua
Director
(2009)
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
Director, Editor, Screenplay
(2009)
Haiku
Director
(2009)
I'm Still Breathing
Director
(2009)
An Evening Shoot
Director
(2009)
Making of the Spaceship
Director
(2009)
A Dedicated Machine
Director
(2009)
Nabua
Director
(2009)
Nabua Song
Director
(2009)
Primitive
Director
(2008)
Prosperity for 2008
Director
(2008)
(2008)
Mobile Men
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
(2008)
Vampire
Writer, Director
(2008)
Stories on Human Rights
Director
(2008)
The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)
Director
(2007)
The State of the World
Director
(2007)
Luminous People
Director
(2007)
Emerald
Director, Producer, Editor, Camera Operator
(2007)
My Mother’s Garden
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
(2007)
Meteorites
Director, Editor
(2007)
Teem
Director
(2006)
Syndromes and a Century
Director, Writer, Producer
(2006)
The Anthem
Director
(2005)
Worldly Desires
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
(2005)
Ghost of Asia
Editor, Director, Camera Operator, Idea
(2005)
(2004)
Tropical Malady
Screenplay, Director
(2004)
The Adventure of Iron Pussy
Director, Writer
(2004)
TON
Director
(2003)
This and a Million More Lights
Editor, Director, Camera Operator
(2003)
Nokia Short
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
(2002)
Blissfully Yours
Director, Writer
(2002)
I-San Special
Idea
(2002)
Second Love in Hong Kong
Director
(2001)
Father
Director
(2001)
Haunted Houses
Editor, Director, Camera Operator
(2000)
Mysterious Object at Noon
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Editor
(2000)
Boys at Noon
Director
(1999)
Thirdworld
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
(1999)
Windows
Camera Operator, Editor, Director
(1999)
Malee and the Boy
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
(1994)
Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
(1994)
0116643225059
Camera Operator, Director, Editor
(1993)
Bullet
Director