Directed credits
19
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Strong directing catalog.
Director
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Directing
Career Snapshot
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0.7
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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 2All crew credits: 23
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 - 2025
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q725376
Also known as
뻰엑 라따나루앙 • เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง • Tom Pannet • Tom • ต้อม • 펜-엑 라타나루앙
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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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Two Little Soldiers
Director
2020 Movie
6.0
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories
Director
2018 Movie
3.8
The Life of Gravity
Director
2014 Movie
4.6
Paradoxocracy
Director
2013 Movie
3.8
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011 Movie
6.2
Headshot
Director
2011 Movie
5.0
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)
Director
2010 Movie
6.1
Nymph
Director
2009 Movie
6.0
Ploy
Director
2007 Movie
5.7
Invisible Waves
Director
2006 Movie
6.5
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
Director
2006 Movie
5.5
Twelve Twenty
Director
2006 Movie
7.1
Last Life in the Universe
Director
2003 Movie
6.8
Transistor Love Story
Director
2001 Movie
6.8
6ixtynin9
Director
1999 Movie
5.7
Fun Bar Karaoke
Director
1997 Movie
The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi
Director
Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
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7.1
Last Life in the Universe
Director
2003 Movie
5.7
Invisible Waves
Director
2006 Movie
Morte Cucina
Writer
2025 Movie
6.2
Headshot
Director
2011 Movie
3.8
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
2011 Movie
6.8
6ixtynin9
Director
1999 Movie
6.0
Ploy
Director
2007 Movie
5.8
Samui Song
Screenplay
2018 Movie
6.8
Transistor Love Story
Director
2001 Movie
5.2
Ghost Variety
Thanks
2005 Movie
6.1
Nymph
Director
2009 Movie
4.0
Behind the Blur
2009 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
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Acting Appearances in Series
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