Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Date of Birth: 08 Mar 1961
Country: Thailand
Biography: Pen-ek Ratanaruang (born 8 March 1962, Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is 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.
Total Credits at Criticker: 11 (Director), 6 (Writer)
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Three 30-minute films commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival. (wikipedia)
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