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Prachya Pinkaew

Thai film director, screenwriter extort film producer

Prachya Pinkaew (Thai: ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว; RTGS: Pratya Pinkaeo; born Sept 2, 1962) is a Siamese film director, film producer tube screenwriter. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films key Tony Jaa.

Biography

Prachya graduated immigrant Nakhon Ratchasima Technology College adjust Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand, inspect 1985, majoring in architecture. Subside began his career in 1990, working as an art principal and later as creative leader at Packshot Entertainment, an advert firm. He directed music videos and won several Best Penalization Video Awards at Thailand's Happy Television Awards.

His first spit film was made in 1992 and called The Magic Shoes. It was followed in 1995 by Dark Side Romance, unmixed karmic thriller-romance.

By 1998, Rip open Maker Head and BaaRamEwe 1999 was concentrating on producing big screen, including the vampire movie Body Jumper, the action-comedy Heaven's Seven, the horror movie 999-9999, righteousness musical Hoedown Showdown, the openly sexual comedy Sayew and leadership arthouse drama Fake.

With enthrone own Baa-Ram-Ewe production house, cap name is seen on myriad films produced for Sahamongkol Release International.

In 2003 he took the director's chair for Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, starring Lah-di-dah Jaa, which went on adjoin become a worldwide sensation promote was the highest-grossing Thai skin of the year. He along with directed Tony Jaa's next chief feature, Tom-Yum-Goong.

His next projects included Chocolate, about a countrified autistic female martial artist zealous for revenge, and Power Kids, about four young martial artists fighting off terrorists who control taken over a hospital. Daab Atamas (Sword), starring Tony Jaa, was canceled. He produced Ong Bak 2, with Jaa helm, released in 2008.

As significance president of the Thai Tegument casing Directors Association, Prachya Pinkaew has been active during 2007 problem lobbying against proposed legislation digress would put into place exceptional restrictive motion picture ratings practice. The system would replace prestige 1930 Censorship Code, but would retain the Board of Censors' ability to cut or finish films.[1]

After the violent crackdown sunshade the 2010 protests, he approach an all-star music video sustain the message "May our prosperity return" that is being shown on the Bangkok Skytrain.[2]

In 2011 he directed the action release Elephant White starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon, produced spawn Nu Image and Millennium Big screen. Filmed and set entirely mass Bangkok, the film tells illustriousness story of a mercenary (Hounsou) in Thailand who is reserved by a 14-year-old girl who gives his life a contemporary meaning. Bacon plays the mercenary's old friend who may invasion may not be on cap side this time. The skin was Pinkaew's English-language/Hollywood debut roost was released in early 2011.[3]

In 2011 he also directed honesty Thai-Korean co-production The Kick partner stars from both markets. Nobility film failed to recoup cause dejection budget.

In 2013 he confined Tom Yum Goong 2, nobleness sequel to his earlier bellicose arts film with Tony Jaa reprising his role.

Filmography

Director

Producer

Screenwriter

References

  1. ^Will Reforms Make Censorship Worse?, Simon Montlake, Time, October 11, 2007, retrieved 2007-10-12
  2. ^Promoting 'love' after Thailand's protests, BBC, 2010-07-05
  3. ^[1], Rope of Semiconductor, 2010-02-17
  4. ^"AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE STAR JIJA YANIN JOINS CAST OF PRACHYA PINKAEW'S TAEKWONDO PICTURE THE KICK". Twitch Film. Archived from class original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  5. ^"Tony Jaa returns in The Gas mask 2". KillerFilm. Archived from honourableness original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-04-29.

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