Directing
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
EN, TH, FR, XX cinema · 134 credits
Born
16 July 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
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 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
Filmography
Home
Home
Director
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project
Director, Writer
Jenjira's Magnificent Dream
Screenplay, Director, Producer
9 Temples to Heaven
Producer
Phantoms
Director
Le bureau qui avait peur
as Self, Director, Editor
Solarium
Director
Durmiente
Director
A Conversation with the Sun
Director, Cinematography
On Blue
Director
For Bruce
Director
Memoria
Producer, Director, Writer
Sarit
2021
Sarit
Director
Night Colonies
Director
Waterfall
Director
Cinetracts '20
Director
October Rumbles
Director
2020
Director
Untitled
Director
2019
Director
Wiara
as Self
Ten Years Thailand
Screenplay, Editor, Director
Home
2018
Home
Director
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Creative Consultant
Blue
Director, Editor
Fiction
Director
Railway Sleepers
Producer
async - first light
Director
2017
Director
Cinema Futures
as Self
Fan Dog
2016
Fan Dog
Director
Invisibility
Director, Writer
Ablaze
Director
The Parrot
Thanks
Vapour
Editor, Director, Writer
Cemetery of Splendor
Director, Producer, Writer
Rolling
Director, Writer
Fever Room
Director
Fireworks (Archives)
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Footprints
Director
Short Plays
Director
Father
Director
Past Present
as Self
Dilbar
Director
One Water
Director
Blue Propeller
Director
Concrete Clouds
Producer
Mekong Hotel
as Self, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Ashes
Writer, Director
Cactus River
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Sakda (Rousseau)
Director
20 Little Films
Director
M Hotel
2011
M Hotel
Director
Monsoon
Idea, Director, Editor
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Director, Writer, Producer
Reincarnate
Producer
Phantoms of Nabua
Director
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Haiku
Director
Nabua
2009
Nabua
Director
Primitive
Director
Mobile Men
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
สัตว์วิกาล
2008
Vampire
Writer, Director
The State of the World
Director, Director of Photography
Emerald
Editor, Director, Producer, Camera Operator
My Mother’s Garden
2007
My Mother’s Garden
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
Nimit
2007
Meteorites
Director, Editor
Teem
Director
Syndromes and a Century
Director, Writer, Producer
The Anthem
Director
Worldly Desires
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
Ghost of Asia
Director, Idea, Editor, Camera Operator
세계의 욕망: 디지털삼인삼색2005
2005
The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005
Director
Tropical Malady
Director, Screenplay
The Adventure of Iron Pussy
Director, Writer
TON
2004
TON
Director
This and a Million More Lights
2003
This and a Million More Lights
Camera Operator, Director, Editor
Nokia Short
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Blissfully Yours
Director, Writer
Haunted Houses
2001
Haunted Houses
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Mysterious Object at Noon
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Editor
Thirdworld
Actor, Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Malee and the Boy
Editor, Director, Camera Operator
Windows
1999
Windows
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
Circulation
as Runner
0116643225059
Director, Camera Operator, Editor
Mae ya nang
1994
Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
Bullet
Director