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Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

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Pen-Ek studied from 1977 to 1985 in New York at the Pratt Institute and worked as freelance illustrator and designer with Designframe Incorporate. In Thailand he worked for five years as art director, before making his début with Fun Bar Karaoke, that was screened at many festivals after its première in Berlin. See full bio »

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in Bangkok, Thailand
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2011 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (short)
 
2011/II Headshot
 
2010 Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix) (TV short)
 
2009 Sawasdee Bangkok
 
2009 Nymph
 
2007 Ploy
 
2006 Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her (segment "Twelve Twenty")
 
2006 Invisible Waves
 
2003 Last Life in the Universe
 
2001 Transistor Love Story
 
1999 6ixtynin9
 
1997 Fun Bar Karaoke
 
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2011/II Headshot (screenplay)
 
2009 Sawasdee Bangkok (screenplay)
 
2009 Nymph (screenplay)
 
2007 Ploy
 
2003 Last Life in the Universe (writer)
 
2001 Transistor Love Story (screenplay)
 
1999 6ixtynin9 (written by)
 
1997 Fun Bar Karaoke (screenplay)
 
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2004 Citizen Dog
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2003 Baytong
 
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1999 6ixtynin9 (producer)
 
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2009 Behind the Blur (documentary)
Himself
 
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Tom Pannet
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It was the most charming thing I had ever seen. I couldn't believe cinema could be about something so small, so unimportant, so lazy and yet so funny and moving and so unpretentious. It was a very special feeling. I didn't want to go anywhere after the film finished. I just wanted to go sit somewhere and smoke cigarettes... See more »

Trivia:

All Thai names have meanings. 'Pen-ek' literally means 'is the best'. 'Pen' is the verb 'to be' but since Thai has no conjugations, it can mean anything from the present singular 'is' to 'are' to 'being'. 'Ek' is 'first' or 'the best'. See more »