Biography
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.
Directed 22
2020s
- 2026
- 2023
- 2020
Two Little Soldiers
Director
2010s
- 2018
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories
Director
Samui Song
Director
- 2014
The Life of Gravity
Director
- 2013
Paradoxocracy
Director
- 2011
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director
Headshot
Director
- 2010
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)
Director
2000s
- 2009
Nymph
Director
- 2007
Ploy
Director
- 2006
Invisible Waves
Director
Twelve Twenty
Director
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
Director
Total Bangkok
Director
- 2003
Last Life in the Universe
Director
- 2001
Transistor Love Story
Director
1990s
- 1999
6ixtynin9
Director
- 1997
Fun Bar Karaoke
Director
No release date
The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi
Director
Wrote 12
2020s
- 2026
- 2023
2010s
- 2018
Samui Song
Screenplay, Story
- 2011
Headshot
Screenplay
2000s
- 2009
Nymph
Screenplay
- 2007
Ploy
Screenplay
- 2006
Twelve Twenty
Writer
- 2003
Last Life in the Universe
Screenplay
- 2001
Transistor Love Story
Screenplay
1990s
- 1999
6ixtynin9
Screenplay
- 1997
Fun Bar Karaoke
Screenplay
Acted in 3
2010s
- 2014
Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
Movie
2000s
- 2009
Produced 1
1990s
- 1999
6ixtynin9
Producer
Edited 1
2000s
- 2003
OK Baytong
Editor
Appearances4
2010s
- 2014
The Master
Self
2000s
- 2008
ตัวกู-ของกู
Self
- 2004
Citizen Dog
Narrator (voice)
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2005
Ghost Variety
Thanks