Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Pen-ek Ratanaruang is one of Asia’s leading film directors and screenwriters. He made his debut as a feature film director with a movie that broke the mould of Thai cinema called Fun Bar Karaoke. Since then, he has been recognised as a major pioneer in the Thai New Wave cinema.
His films have been screened in major festivals such as Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto and have been distributed worldwide. His video installations and multimedia works were exhibited at the 2020 Bangkok Art Biennale. Ratanaruang is the recipient of Thailand Ministry of Culture’s Silpathorn Award and the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Ministry of Culture.
He lives and works between Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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