DIRECTOR · FROM BANGKOK, THAILAND
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Born 1962 · 64 years old24 credits since 19972 coming up
DarkThe underworldQuirkySuspensefulLove
ABOUT PEN-EK
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) is 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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born8 March 1962
BirthplaceBangkok, Thailand
Known forDirecting
On Cineora12 of 23 titles
Known for
The titles people know Pen-Ek from.
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What Pen-Ek is working on next.
- The CatererDirectorDate to be announced
The Brotherhood of KaengkoiDirectorDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 12
- Average IMDb
- 6.5
- Highest rated
- Last Life in the UniverseIMDb 7.4
- Working since
- 1997
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Filmography
The 2020s
3 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average
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The 2010s
8 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average
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The 2000s
9 titles · IMDb 6.8 on averageSawasdee Bangkok
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The 1990s
2 titles · IMDb 6.8 on averageMovieDirector · Screenplay · Producer
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Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Pen-Ek’s titles.
Chankit ChamnivikaipongCinematographer · 6ixtynin9, Headshot and 6 more
Vichaya VatanasaptComposer · Last Life in the Universe, Headshot and 2 more
Hualampong RiddimComposer · Last Life in the Universe, Invisible Waves and 1 more
Porntip PapanaiPloy, Transistor Love Story and 1 more
Tadanobu AsanoLast Life in the Universe and Invisible Waves
Christopher DoyleCinematographer · Last Life in the Universe and Invisible Waves
Nopachai JayanamaHeadshot and Nymph
Chermarn BoonyasakLast Life in the Universe and Samui Song
