Chookiat Sakveerakul

Chookiat Sakveerakul
Chookiat at the premiere of The Love of Siam in November 2007
Born	1981 Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Other names	Ma-Deaw, Matthew
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter

Chookiat Sakveerakul (Thai: ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล, b. 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is also credited as Ma-Deaw Chukiatsakwirakul or Matthew Chukiat Sakwirakul.

Chookiat's first feature-length film was an ensemble drama, The Passenger of Li, which was an independent production. His next film was Pisaj, a 2004 horror film produced by Sahamongkol Film International. Chookiat garnered critical acclaim for this next film, 13 Beloved, a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won several awards in Thailand and from film festivals.^[1]

He graduated from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.

Filmography

Writer

• Body (Co-writer with Paween Purikitpanya) (2007)
• Chocolate (Co-writer with Nepalee Sakveerakul) (2008)

Director

• 4 Romances (Segment "Dream/Fun" ) (2008)

Writer & Director

• The Passenger of Li
• Pisaj (Evil) (2004)
• 13 Beloved (2006)
• The Love of Siam (2007)

References

1. ^ "Chookiat's Game Reflects Thai Social Issues", Bioscope Focus (Bangkok International Film Festival): 5, 2007-07-23 

External links

• Chukiat Sakweerakul at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Sakveerakul, Chookiat
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Date of birth	1982
Place of birth	Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
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