Actor

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Directing

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TMDB popularity

2.9

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Movies: 94Series: 1Crew credits: 84

TMDB ID: 69759

IMDb ID: nm0917405

Known for: Directing

Born: July 16, 1970

Age: 55

Place of birth: Bangkok, Thailand

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1993 - 2025

Years active: 33

Average TMDB rating: 6.19

Wikidata: Q445198

Also known as

อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล • Aphichatphong Wirasetthakun • Joe • 아피찻퐁 위라세타쿤 • 阿彼察邦·韦拉斯哈古 • 아피찻퐁 위라세타꾼

Other jobs

Director (67)Producer (7)Editor (3)Screenplay (2)Thanks (2)Writer (2)Creative Consultant (1)

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Biography

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.