Prachya Pinkaew

Infobox Celebrity
name = Prachya Pinkaew


caption = Prachya Pinkaew attends the world premiere of "King Naresuan" in 2007.
birth_date = birth date and age|1962|09|2
birth_place = Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
death_date =
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occupation = Film director, screenwriter, and producer
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Prachya Pinkaew (Thai: ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว, b. September 2, 1962) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include "" and "Tom-Yum-Goong", both martial arts films starring Tony Jaa.

Biography

Prachya graduated from Nakhon Ratchasima Technology College in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in 1985, majoring in architecture. He began his career in 1990, working as an art director and later as creative director at Packshot Entertainment, an advertising firm. He directed music videos and won several Best Music Video Awards at Thailand's Golden Television Awards.

His first feature film was made in 1992 and called "The Magic Shoes". It was followed in 1995 by "Romantic Blues", a karmic thriller-romance.

By 1998, Prachya was concentrating on producing films, including the vampire movie "Body Jumper", the action-comedy "Heaven's Seven", the horror movie "999-9999", the musical "Hoedown Showdown", the frankly sexual comedy "Sayew" and the arthouse drama "Fake".

With his own Baa-Ram-Ewe production house, his name is seen on many films produced for Sahamongkol Film International.

In 2003 he took the director's chair for "", starring Tony Jaa, which went on to become a worldwide sensation and was the highest-grossing Thai film of the year. He also directed Tony Jaa's next starring feature, "Tom-Yum-Goong".

His next projects include "Chocolate", about a young autistic female martial artist out for revenge, and "Power Kids", about four young martial artists fighting off terrorists who have taken over a hospital. He is also developing "Daab Atamas" ("Sword"), starring Tony Jaa. And he's producing "Ong Bak 2", with Jaa directing, set for release in 2007.

As the president of the Thai Film Directors Association, Prachya Pinkaew has been active during 2007 in lobbying against proposed legislation that would put into place a restrictive motion picture ratings system. The system would replace the 1930 Censorship Code, but would retain the Board of Censors' ability to cut or ban films. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1670261,00.html Will Reforms Make Censorship Worse?] , Simon Montlake, "Time", October 11, 2007, retrieved 2007-10-12]

Filmography

Director

*"The Magic Shoes" ("Rawng tah laep plaep") (1992)
*"Dark Side Romance" ("Goet iik thii tawng mii theu") (1995)
*"" (2003)
*"Tom-Yum-Goong" (2005)
*"Chocolate" (2008)
*"Sword" (canceled as of 2008)

Producer

*"Pop Weed Sayong" ("Body Jumper") (2001)
*"999-9999" (2002)
*"Hoedown Showdown" (2002)
*"7 pra-jan-barn" ("Heaven's Seven") (2002)
*"Sayew" (2003)
*"The Unborn" (2003)
*"Fake" (2003)
*"" (2003)
*"Pisaj" (2004)
*"Born to Fight" ("Kerd ma lui") (2004)
*"Cherm" ("Midnight My Love" (2005)
*"Tom-Yum-Goong" (2005)
*"Mercury Man" (2006)"
*"The Sperm" (2007)
*"Sick Nurses" (2007)
*"Opapatika" (2007)
*"The Love of Siam" (2007)
*"Ong Bak 2" (in production)
*"Power Kids" (in development)
*"Sword" (canceled as of 2008)

creenwriter

*"" (2003)
*"Tom-Yum-Goong" (2005)
*"Sword" (canceled as of 2008)

References

* [http://www.tomyumgoongmovie.com/html/crew/prachya_e.asp Crew profile] for "Tom-Yum-Goong"

External links

*imdb name|id=1272773|name=Prachya Pinkaew
* [http://www.thaifilmdb.com/th/pp00004 Prachya Pinkaew at the Thai Film Database]