Apichatpong weerasethakul biography
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul was born in Bangkok in 1970 and grew up in Khon Kaen, in the northeast of Thailand. He graduated from Khon Kaen University with a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and a Master's degree in Film Directing from the Art Institute of Chicago.
He started making short films in film and video in 1994, and completed his first feature film in 2000. He has also participated in numerous exhibitions and made installations in many countries since 1998. Rarely linear, his work maintains a relationship with memory, evoking social and political issues in a subtle and personal way.
Working away from the Thai film industry, he is involved in the promotion of independent and experimental cinema through his company Kick The Machine Films, founded in 1999. Kick The Machine Films has participated in the production of all his feature films. In 2008, he launched the Primitive Project, a multi-media company. In 2009, he and his work were t
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thai film director (born 1970)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul[a] (Thai: อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; RTGS: Aphichatphong Wirasetthakun; IPA:[ʔà.pʰí.tɕʰâːt.pʰōŋwīː.rá.sèːt.tʰà.kūn],[2] born 16 July 1970) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, film producer and Professor at Tama Art University in Tokyo. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, Apichatpong has directed several features and dozens of short films. Friends and fans sometimes refer to him as "Joe" (a nickname that he, like many with similarly long Thai names, has adopted out of convenience).[3]
His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the 2010 Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'Or; Tropical Malady, which won the 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;[4&# • 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 mästare 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. He is one of the few filmmakers in Thailand who have worked outside the strict Thai studio system. In his films, he experiments with certain elements funnen in the dramatic plot structure of Thai television and radio programs, comics and old films. He finds his inspiration in small towns around the country. In his work, he often uses non-professional actors and improvised dialogue in exploring the shifting boundaries between documentary and fiction.
In 2000, he completed his first feature, Mysterious Object at Noon (2000), a documentary that has been screened at many international festivals and received enthusiastic reviews and awards as well as being listed among the best film