Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing113
moviePhantoms
2025
Director
movieJanuary Stories
2024
Director
movieSolarium
2023
Director
movieOn Blue
2022
Director
movieDurmiente
2022
Director
movieFor Bruce
2022
Director
Sleep Song
2022
Director
Walking
2022
Director
Three Rocks
2022
Director
movieMemoria
2021
Director
movieNight Colonies
2021
Director
Sarit
2021
Director
movieWaterfall
2021
Director
movieFlowers & Banana Wind
2020
Director
movie2020
2020
Director
movieCinetracts '20
2020
Director
Decameron
2020
Director
movieUntitled
2019
Director
movie2019
2019
Director
movieBlue
2018
Director
movieFiction
2018
Director
movieTen Years Thailand
2018
Director
Home
2018
Director
movieMemoria, Boy at Sea
2017
Director
movieasync - first light
2017
Director
movie2017
2017
Director
movieAblaze
2016
Director
movieArt Through Our Eyes
2016
Director
movieInvisibility
2016
Director
Fan Dog
2016
Director
movieFever Room
2015
Director
movieVapour
2015
Director
movieCemetery of Splendor
2015
Director
movieRolling
2015
Director
movieShort Plays
2014
Director
movieFireworks (Archives)
2014
Director
movieFootprints
2014
Director
movieFireworks Sketch
2014
Director
movieFather
2014
Director
movieOne Water
2013
Director
movieDilbar
2013
Director
movieBlue Propeller
2013
Director
movieCactus River
2012
Director
movieSakda (Rousseau)
2012
Director
movieMekong Hotel
2012
Director
movieAshes
2012
Director
movie20 Little Films
2012
Director
movieQuattro Hong Kong 2
2011
Director
movieMonsoon
2011
Director
M Hotel
2011
Director
movieEmpire
2010
Director
moviePhantoms of Nabua
2009
Director
Nabua
2009
Director
movieAn Evening Shoot
2009
Director
movieHaiku
2009
Director
movieI'm Still Breathing
2009
Director
Nabua Song
2009
Director
moviePrimitive
2009
Director
movieStories on Human Rights
2008
Director
movieMobile Men
2008
Director
Vampire
2008
Director
Meteorites
2007
Director
movieEmerald
2007
Director
movieThe State of the World
2007
Director
movieLuminous People
2007
Director
movieTeem
2007
Director
movieThe Anthem
2006
Director
movieSyndromes and a Century
2006
Director
movieGhost of Asia
2005
Director
movieWorldly Desires
2005
Director
movieTropical Malady
2004
Director
TON
2004
Director
movieNokia Short
2003
Director
movieBlissfully Yours
2002
Director
Father
2001
Director
movieThirdworld
1999
Director
Windows
1999
Director
movieBullet
1993
Director
Home
Director
For Shellie
Director
Editing23
movieBlue
2018
Editor
movieVapour
2015
Editor
movieCactus River
2012
Editor
movieMonsoon
2011
Editor
movieMobile Men
2008
Editor
movieEmerald
2007
Editor
movieGhost of Asia
2005
Editor
movieWorldly Desires
2005
Editor
movieNokia Short
2003
Editor
movieThirdworld
1999
Editor
Windows
1999
Editor
Writing21
movieMemoria
2021
Writer
movieTen Years Thailand
2018
Screenplay
movieInvisibility
2016
Writer
movieVapour
2015
Writer
movieRolling
2015
Writer
movieMekong Hotel
2012
Writer
movieAshes
2012
Writer
movieMonsoon
2011
Idea
movieA Letter to Uncle Boonmee
2009
Screenplay
Vampire
2008
Writer
movieTropical Malady
2004
Screenplay
Camera18
movieFireworks (Archives)
2014
Camera Operator
movieCactus River
2012
Camera Operator
movieMekong Hotel
2012
Director of Photography
movieMobile Men
2008
Camera Operator
movieEmerald
2007
Camera Operator
movieThe State of the World
2007
Director of Photography
My Mother’s Garden
2007
Camera Operator
movieGhost of Asia
2005
Camera Operator
movieWorldly Desires
2005
Camera Operator
movieNokia Short
2003
Camera Operator
Haunted Houses
2001
Camera Operator
movieMysterious Object at Noon
2000
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
movieThirdworld
1999
Camera Operator
Malee and the Boy
1999
Camera Operator
Windows
1999
Camera Operator
0116643225059
1994
Camera Operator
Acting15
Production14
movie9 Temples to Heaven
2026
Producer
movieMemoria
2021
Producer
movieRailway Sleepers
2017
Producer
movieCemetery of Splendor
2015
Producer
movieConcrete Clouds
2013
Producer
movieMekong Hotel
2012
Producer
movieReincarnate
2010
Producer
movieEmerald
2007
Producer
movieSyndromes and a Century
2006
Producer
Crew4
movieThe Cowboy
2024
Thanks
movieA Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
2022
Cinematography
movieHale County This Morning, This Evening
2018
Creative Consultant
movieThe Parrot
2016
Thanks