Pen-ek Ratanaruang

Thailand director

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Biography

Pen-ek Ratanaruang is a leading Thai director and screenwriter whose work has shaped contemporary Southeast Asian cinema. After studying at the Pratt Institute in New York and working as an illustrator and designer, he gained international recognition with his debut feature, Fun Bar Karaoke (1997). Films such as Monrak Transistor, Last Life in the Universe, and Invisible Waves cemented his reputation in the early 2000s, while his widely acclaimed noir thriller Samui Song (2017) premiered at Venice.

Filmography

Morte Cucina 2025
6ixtynin9: The Series (TV series) 2023
Food Lore (TV series) 2019
Folklore (TV series) 2018
Samui Song 2017
The Life of Gravity 2014
Paradoxocracy 2013
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero 2011
Headshot 2011
Man Who Fell to Earth (TV short) 2010
Sawasdee Bangkok 2009
Nymph 2009
Ploy 2007
Invisible Waves 2006
Last Life in the Universe 2003
Monrak Transistor 2001
6itynin9 1999
Fun Bar Karaoke 1997