Directed credits
16
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 15Directed 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: 6.44
Wikidata: Q725376
Also known as
뻰엑 라따나루앙 • เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง • Tom Pannet • Tom • ต้อม • 펜-엑 라타나루앙
Frequent jobs
Director (16)Screenplay (4)Editor (1)Producer (1)Thanks (1)Writer (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.
Director
Morte Cucina
2026 • Movie
Director
Two Little Soldiers
2020 • Movie
Director
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories
2018 • Movie
Director
The Life of Gravity
2014 • Movie
Director
Paradoxocracy
2013 • Movie
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 • Movie
Director
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)
2010 • Movie
Director
Nymph
2009 • Movie
Director
Ploy
2007 • Movie
Director
Invisible Waves
2006 • Movie
Director
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
2006 • Movie
Director
Twelve Twenty
2006 • Movie
Director
Total Bangkok
2006 • Movie
Director
Transistor Love Story
2001 • Movie
Director
The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi
Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Director
Morte Cucina
2026 • Movie
Director
Total Bangkok
2006 • Movie
Screenplay
Last Life in the Universe
2003 • Movie
Director
Transistor Love Story
2001 • Movie
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 • Movie
Screenplay
Headshot
2011 • Movie
Director
Ploy
2007 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Citizen Dog
2004 • Movie
Producer
6ixtynin9
1999 • Movie
Director
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories
2018 • Movie
Screenplay
Samui Song
2018 • Movie
Director
Paradoxocracy
2013 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.