Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Directing Jul 16, 1970 (56 years old) Bangkok, Thailand

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.

15 Acting Credits

124 Crew Credits

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Acting

Mekong Hotel

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Thirdworld

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

Cinema Futures

Past Present

Kulturzeit

A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Behind the Blur

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

Circulation

Wiara

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Solo Exhibition - PHOTOPHOBIA

Uncertain Path

Le bureau qui avait peur

Crew

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Memoria

Cemetery of Splendor

Tropical Malady

Syndromes and a Century

Blissfully Yours

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Mysterious Object at Noon

Ashes

Mekong Hotel

Blue

A Letter to Uncle Boonmee