Directing
Sompote Sands
TH, JA, EN, KO cinema · 36 credits
Born
24 May 1941
Died
25 August 2021 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan, Thailand
Also known as Sompote Saengduenchai · สมโพธิ แสงเดือนฉาย · Sompote Sangduenchai · S. Saengduenchai · Lek Saengdueanchai · เล็ก แสงเดือนฉาย
The founder of the Thai film production company, Chaiyo Productions, Sompote Saengduenchai (สมโพธิ แสงเดือนฉาย), better known as Sompote Sands (May 24, 1941 - August 25, 2021), was a Thai film director, producer, and special effects artist. He was best known for co-directing and producing two Japanese-Thai co-productions, "Jumborg Ace & Giant" (1974) and "Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen" (1974), as well as other science fiction, fantasy, and horror films including "Hanuman and the Five Riders" (1975), the cult classic "Crocodile" (1980), "Phra Rod Meree" (1981), "Space Warriors 2000" (1985), and the children's film "Magic Lizard" (1985). Beginning in 1996, he was a major part of the licensing rights dispute between Chaiyo Productions and Tsuburaya Productions, the original Japanese studio behind Ultraman, claiming to have co-ownership of the series outside of Japan. On August 25, 2021, Sands passed away from cancer at the age of 80.
Known for
Filmography
Go, Sompote Sands!
as Himself
Project Ultraman
Producer
Jumborg Ace and Giant (2001 Special Edition)
Executive Producer, Director
新キラー・クロコダイル 赫い牙
1993
Shin Killer Crocodile: Akai kiba
Special Effects Supervisor
Crocodile Fury
Special Effects
Magic Lizard
Director, Special Effects, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Krai Thong 2
Producer, Special Effects
Space Warriors 2000
Director, Executive Producer
The Noble War
Director, Special Effects, Executive Producer
Hanuman and the Eleven Ultramen
Director, Executive Producer
Crocodile Therakwad
Producer, Special Effects
King Suea and Phanthai Norasingh
Executive Producer, Special Effects
Phra Rot-Meri
Special Effects, Executive Producer
Krai Thong
Producer, Special Effects
Giant Crocodile
Director, Producer, Special Effects
Ka Kee
Special Effects, Executive Producer
The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army
as Photographer at Donna 7 (uncredited), Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay
Crocodile
Director, Producer, Special Effects
Land of Grief
Executive Producer, Special Effects
Crocodile Fangs
Special Effects, Producer, Visual Effects Director
Computer Superman
Special Effects, Executive Producer
Mars Men
Special Effects, Visual Effects Director
The Ultraman
as Photographer at Rising Moon 7, Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders
Director, Executive Producer, Special Effects
Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen
as Photographer at Donna 7 / Ending Narrator (uncredited), Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Yak Wat Jaeng Meets Jumborg Ace
Director, Executive Producer
Tah Tien
Director, Producer, Special Effects
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Producer's Assistant
Chalawan
Director, Producer
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Intern
High and Low
Intern
Madame Aki
Intern
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant, Intern
Chûshingura
Intern