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Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok) grew up in Khon Kaen, a city in the north east of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the early 90s... See full bio »

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2011 3.11 Sense of Home (segment "Monsoon")
 
2011 Quattro Hongkong 2 (segment "M Hotel")
 
2011 M Hotel (short)
 
2010 Empire (short)
 
2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
 
2009 Phantoms of Nabua (short)
 
2009 A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (short)
 
2009/II Haiku (short)
 
2008 Stories on Human Rights (segment "Mobile Men")
 
2007 State of the World (segment "Luminous People")
 
2006 Syndromes and a Century
 
2005 Ghost of Asia (short)
 
2005 Worldly Desires (short)
 
2004 Tropical Malady
 
2003 The Adventures of Iron Pussy
 
2002 Blissfully Yours
 
2001 Masumi Is a PC Operator (short)
 
2000 Mysterious Object at Noon
 
2000 Boys at Noon (short)
 
1999 Malee and the Boy (documentary short)
 
1998 Thirdworld (short)
 
1996 Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves (documentary short)
 
1994 0016643225059 (short)
 
1994 Kitchen and Bedroom (short)
 
1993 Bullet (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (11 titles)
2010 Empire (short)
 
2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (written by)
 
2009 Phantoms of Nabua (short) (written by)
 
2009 A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (short) (screenplay)
 
2006 Syndromes and a Century
 
2005 Ghost of Asia (short) (concept)
 
2005 Worldly Desires (short)
 
2004 Tropical Malady
 
2003 The Adventures of Iron Pussy (writer)
 
2002 Blissfully Yours
 
2002 I-San Special (idea)
 
Show ShowEditor (7 titles)
2009 Phantoms of Nabua (short)
 
2009 A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (short)
 
2007 State of the World (segment "Luminous People")
 
2005 Ghost of Asia (short)
 
2005 Worldly Desires (short)
 
2001 Once Upon a Time (documentary short)
 
2000 Mysterious Object at Noon
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2010 Empire (short) (producer)
 
2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (producer)
 
2006 Syndromes and a Century (producer)
 
2001 Once Upon a Time (documentary short) (co-producer)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (4 titles)
2007 State of the World (segment "Luminous people")
 
2005 Ghost of Asia (short)
 
2005 Worldly Desires (short)
 
2002 Independence: Around the Film 'Kedma', a Film by Amos Gitai (documentary)
 
Show ShowEditorial Department (1 title)
2002 Independence: Around the Film 'Kedma', a Film by Amos Gitai (documentary) (editorial consultant)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
2010 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Kinomagazin (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Behind the Blur (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Walk (documentary short) (voice)
 

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Personal Details

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1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I was very shy, so I didn't really interact well with others. My friends were the kids of doctors, because we all lived in the hospital housing unit. Even now I like hospitals - that sterilised smell, it brings back all these memories. I'd see a lot of sick and dying people, but at the time, I didn't have a big philosophical way of thinking about illness and death... See more »

Trivia:

Graduated from Khon Kaen University in Thailand in 1994. See more »

Trademark:

The opening credits always come in several minutes into the film See more »

Nickname:

Joe See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer