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Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Born
8 March 1962
Place
Bangkok, Thailand
Directing

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) 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.

As director

Morte Cucina

Morte Cucina

2026 · Director
Two Little Soldiers

Two Little Soldiers

2020 · Director
Samui Song

Samui Song

2018 · Director
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories

Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories

2018 · Director
The Life of Gravity

The Life of Gravity

2014 · Director
Paradoxocracy

Paradoxocracy

2013 · Director
Headshot

Headshot

2011 · Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

2011 · Director
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)

2010 · Director
Nymph

Nymph

2009 · Director

Sawasdee Bangkok

2009 · Director
Ploy

Ploy

2007 · Director
Invisible Waves

Invisible Waves

2006 · Director
Twelve Twenty

Twelve Twenty

2006 · Director
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her

Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her

2006 · Director
Total Bangkok

Total Bangkok

2006 · Director
Last Life in the Universe

Last Life in the Universe

2003 · Director
Transistor Love Story

Transistor Love Story

2001 · Director
6ixtynin9

6ixtynin9

1999 · Director
Fun Bar Karaoke

Fun Bar Karaoke

1997 · Director

The Caterer

Director
The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi

The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi

Director

As actor

Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows

Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows

2014
The Master

The Master

2014 · Self
Behind the Blur

Behind the Blur

2009
ตัวกู-ของกู

ตัวกู-ของกู

2008 · Self
Citizen Dog

Citizen Dog

2004 · Narrator (voice)