Thunska Pansittivorakul

Thunska Pansittivorakul ( _th. ธัญสก พันสิทธิวรกุล), born October 22, 1973, is a Thai independent film director.

Biography

Thunska graduated with a degree in art education from Chulalongkorn University. Active as a filmmaker since 2000, his works have primarily consisted of short films, which have been screened at several film festivals.

His 2004 feature documentary film, "Happy Berry", won the Grand Prize at the Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival. His first 35 mm project, "Heartbreak Pavilion", won a cash prize in the Pusan Promotion Plan script development program at the 2005 Pusan International Film Festival.

A contemporary of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, he is involved with Thai independent film movement, and has established a website, ThaiIndie.com, to help promote the works of Thai independent filmmakers. He is a teacher in the Faculty of Communication Arts and Faculty of Visual Communications at Bangkok University and has written columns for several Thai magazines, such as the film magazine "Bioscope", "a day" and "Movie Time Weekly".

In 2007, he was among the honorees for the Silpathorn Award for Thai contemporary artists.cite web | title = National treasures: Seven contemporary artists are recognised at this year's Silpathorn Awards | publisher = The Nation (Thailand) | date = 2007-08-05 | url = http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/08/05/lifestyle/lifestyle_30043734.php | accessdate = 2007-08-23 ]

Filmography

Feature films

*"Voodoo Girls" (2002)
*"Happy Berry" (2004)
*"Heartbreak Pavilion" (in development)

hort films

*"Private Life" (2000)
*"Love Sickness" (2000)
*"...for Shiw Ping 28/12/97" (2000)
*"Sigh" (2001)
*"Chemistry" (2003)
*"Unseen Bangkok" (2004)
*"Vous vous soviens de moi?" (2005)
*"Life Show" (2005)
*"After Shock" (2005, for "Tsunami Digital Short Films" project)
*"Out of Control" (2006)
*"You Are Where I Belong To" (2006)
*"Middle-earth" (2007)

Music videos

*"Blinded Spot" (2007, for Soundlanding)

References

External links

* [http://thaiindie.com/ ThaiIndie.com]
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