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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6ixtynin9 Director
(1999)
(2001)
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(2011)

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 2019 Food Lore (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Caterer (2019)
 2018 Folklore (TV Mini Series) (1 episode)
- POB (Thailand) (2018)
 2013 Paradoxocracy (Documentary)
 2011/II Headshot
 2010 Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix) (TV Short)
 2009 Nang mai
 2007 Ploy
 2006 Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her (Video) (segment "Twelve Twenty")
 1999 6ixtynin9
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Tom Pannet | Pen-ek Ratanaruang
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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. It was magical for me. Every scene involving the character Aunt Lotte is ... See more »

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In each of the first five films he directed, he included a character named Noi. The word "noi" means 'little' or 'small'. See more »

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