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.
Directed 78
2020s
- 2026
A Flower of Forgetfulness
Director
- 2025
Phantoms
Director
- 2024
Le bureau qui avait peur
Director
January Stories
Director
- 2023
Solarium
Director
- 2022
On Blue
Director
Durmiente
Director
For Bruce
Director
A Conversation with the Sun
Director
- 2021
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Director
Night Colonies
Director
Waterfall
Director
- 2020
Flowers & Banana Wind
Director
2020
Director
October Rumbles
Director
Cinetracts '20
Director
2010s
- 2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
Untitled
Director
2019
Director
- 2018
Blue
Director
Fiction
Director
Ten Years Thailand
Director
- 2017
Memoria, Boy at Sea
Director
async - first light
Director
2017
Director
- 2016
Ablaze
Director
Art Through Our Eyes
Director
Invisibility
Director
- 2015
Fever Room
Director
Vapour
Director
Cemetery of Splendor
Director
Rolling
Director
- 2014
Short Plays
Director
Fireworks (Archives)
Director
Footprints
Director
Fireworks Sketch
Director
Father
Director
- 2013
One Water
Director
Dilbar
Director
Blue Propeller
Director
- 2012
Cactus River
Director
Sakda (Rousseau)
Director
Mekong Hotel
Director
Ashes
Director
20 Little Films
Director
- 2011
Quattro Hong Kong 2
Director
3.11 A Sense of Home Films
Director
Monsoon
Director
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Phantoms of Nabua
Director
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
Director
An Evening Shoot
Director
Haiku
Director
I'm Still Breathing
Director
Primitive
Director
- 2008
Stories on Human Rights
Director
Mobile Men
Director
The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)
Director
- 2007
Emerald
Director
The State of the World
Director
Luminous People
Director
Teem
Director
- 2006
The Anthem
Director
Syndromes and a Century
Director
- 2005
Ghost of Asia
Director
Worldly Desires
Director
- 2004
Tropical Malady
Director
The Adventure of Iron Pussy
Director
- 2003
Nokia Short
Director
- 2002
Blissfully Yours
Director
- 2000
Mysterious Object at Noon
Director
1990s
- 1999
Thirdworld
Director
Malee and the Boy
Director
- 1994
0116643225059
Director
- 1993
Bullet
Director
No release date
Jenjira's Magnificent Dream
Director
Wrote 18
2020s
- 2021
2010s
- 2018
Ten Years Thailand
Screenplay
- 2016
Invisibility
Writer
- 2015
Vapour
Writer
Cemetery of Splendor
Writer
Rolling
Writer
- 2012
Mekong Hotel
Writer
Ashes
Writer
- 2011
Monsoon
Idea
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
Screenplay
- 2006
Syndromes and a Century
Writer
- 2005
Ghost of Asia
Idea
- 2004
Tropical Malady
Screenplay
The Adventure of Iron Pussy
Writer
- 2002
Blissfully Yours
Writer
- 2000
Mysterious Object at Noon
Writer
No release date
Jenjira's Magnificent Dream
Screenplay
Edited 17
2020s
- 2024
Le bureau qui avait peur
Editor
2010s
- 2018
Blue
Editor
Ten Years Thailand
Editor
- 2015
Vapour
Editor
- 2014
Fireworks (Archives)
Editor
- 2012
Cactus River
Editor
- 2011
Monsoon
Editor
2000s
- 2009
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee
Editor
- 2008
Mobile Men
Editor
- 2007
Emerald
Editor
- 2005
Ghost of Asia
Editor
Worldly Desires
Editor
- 2003
Nokia Short
Editor
- 2000
Mysterious Object at Noon
Editor
1990s
- 1999
Thirdworld
Editor
Malee and the Boy
Editor
- 1994
0116643225059
Editor
Produced 13
2020s
- 2026
9 Temples to Heaven
Producer
- 2023
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
Producer
- 2021
2010s
- 2017
Railway Sleepers
Producer
- 2015
Cemetery of Splendor
Producer
- 2013
Concrete Clouds
Producer
- 2012
Mekong Hotel
Producer
- 2010
Reincarnate
Producer
2000s
- 2008
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
Producer
- 2007
Emerald
Producer
- 2006
Syndromes and a Century
Producer
No release date
Jenjira's Magnificent Dream
Producer
Camera 13
2010s
- 2014
Fireworks (Archives)
Camera Operator
- 2012
Cactus River
Camera Operator
Mekong Hotel
Director of Photography
2000s
- 2008
Mobile Men
Camera Operator
- 2007
Emerald
Camera Operator
The State of the World
Director of Photography
- 2005
Ghost of Asia
Camera Operator
Worldly Desires
Camera Operator
- 2003
Nokia Short
Camera Operator
- 2000
Mysterious Object at Noon
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
1990s
- 1999
Thirdworld
Camera Operator
Malee and the Boy
Camera Operator
- 1994
0116643225059
Camera Operator
Acted in 4
2020s
- 2021
2000s
- 2009
1990s
- 1999
Thirdworld
Movie
- 1998
Circulation
Runner
Other crew 2
2020s
- 2022
A Conversation with the Sun
Cinematography
2010s
- 2018
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Creative Consultant
Appearances9
2020s
- 2024
Le bureau qui avait peur
Self
2010s
- 2018
A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Self
Wiara
Self
- 2016
Cinema Futures
Self
- 2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
- 2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Self
- 2013
Past Present
Self
- 2012
Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer
Self
Mekong Hotel
Self
Thanked in the credits2
2020s
- 2024
The Cowboy
Thanks
2010s
- 2016
The Parrot
Thanks