Directed credits
19
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 1All crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 69991
IMDb ID: nm0711579
Known for: Directing
Born: March 8, 1962
Age: 64
Place of birth: Bangkok, Thailand
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1997 - 2026
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 6.46
Wikidata: Q725376
Also known as
뻰엑 라따나루앙 • เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง • Tom Pannet • Tom • ต้อม • 펜-엑 라타나루앙
Frequent jobs
Director (19)Writer (2)Editor (1)Screenplay (1)Thanks (1)
Biography
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) A Thai film director and screenwriter best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Two Little Soldiers
Director
2020 Movie
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories
Director
2018 Movie
The Life of Gravity
Director
2014 Movie
Paradoxocracy
Director
2013 Movie
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011 Movie
Headshot
Director
2011 Movie
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)
Director
2010 Movie
Nymph
Director
2009 Movie
Ploy
Director
2007 Movie
Invisible Waves
Director
2006 Movie
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
Director
2006 Movie
Twelve Twenty
Director
2006 Movie
Total Bangkok
Director
2006 Movie
Last Life in the Universe
Director
2003 Movie
Transistor Love Story
Director
2001 Movie
6ixtynin9
Director
1999 Movie
Fun Bar Karaoke
Director
1997 Movie
The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi
Director
Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Last Life in the Universe
Director
2003 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Morte Cucina
Writer
2026 Movie
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011 Movie
Total Bangkok
Director
2006 Movie
Last Life in the Universe
Director
2003 Movie
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2004 Movie
Citizen Dog
as Narrator (voice)
2004 Movie
Paradoxocracy
Director
2013 Movie
Transistor Love Story
Director
2001 Movie
6ixtynin9
Director
1999 Movie
Fun Bar Karaoke
Director
1997 Movie
Samui Song
Screenplay
2018 Movie
Headshot
Director
2011 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Folklore
Writer • 1 eps
2018 Series
6ixtynin9 the Series
Director • 6 eps
2023 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Morte Cucina
Writer
2026 Movie
Samui Song
Screenplay
2018 Movie
Ghost Variety
Thanks
2005 Movie
OK Baytong
Editor
2003 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Folklore
Writer • 1 eps
2018 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
The Master
as Self
2014 Movie
Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
2014 Movie
Behind the Blur
2009 Movie
ตัวกู-ของกู
as Self
2008 Movie
Citizen Dog
as Narrator (voice)
2004 Movie
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2004 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.