- Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
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name = Kongdej Jaturanrasamee
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birth_date =1972
birth_place =Thailand
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education =King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
occupation =Film director ,screenwriter
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children =Kongdej Jaturanrasamee ( _th. คงเดช จาตุรันต์รัศมี, born 1972) is a Thai
screenwriter andfilm director . His screenplays include "The Letter", "Tom Yum Goong ", "" and "Me ... Myself ". His own films include "Sayew " and "Midnight My Love ".Biography
Education, early career
Kongdej graduated from the film department at
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang . He began his career in the late 1990s directing music videos for record label RS Promotion. He also wrote screenplays for the company's the then-new RS Film, but none were ever produced into films.Rithdee, Kong. January 25, 2008. [http://pages.citebite.com/i1u8y1j1rbic A fine romance] , "Bangkok Post", Real Time, Page R1; retrieved from cache 2008-01-26]"Sayew", "The Letter"
Kongdej made his directorial debut with "
Sayew ", which he co-wrote and co-directed withKiat Songsanant . A comedy about atomboy ish young woman exploring sex and her sexuality, it won an honorable mention Asian Trade Winds Award at the 2003Seattle International Film Festival .He had also been approached by producer Duangkamol Limcharoen to write the screenplay for the romantic drama, "The Letter", a 2004 Thai remake of a 1997 Korean film. The film was a hit, and with the screenplay, Kongdej became a sought-after scriptwriter. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005
Tony Jaa martial arts film , "Tom Yum Goong "."Midnight My Love"
His first solo directorial effort, 2005's "
Midnight My Love ", was nominated for severalThailand National Film Association Awards , including best director and best screenplay. It won best director and best script awards from theBangkok Critics Assembly . The romantic comedy-drama starred comedianPetchtai Wongkamlao in a dramatic role as a melancholy taxi driver who develops a relationship with a massage parlor worker (Woranut Wongsawan ). "Midnight My Love" was featured at several film festivals, including theDeauville Asian Film Festival , Cinefan and theChicago International Film Festival .He also wrote the screenplay for the 2006 comic-book adaptation "" and the 2007 romantic comedy "
Me ... Myself ".His 2008 romantic comedy is "Kod" (กอด), about "a three-armed man and a big-bosomed girl." [Rithdee, Kong. January 4, 2008. [http://pages.citebite.com/q1h3q2k1mcrd Hope and fear for the coming year] , "Bangkok Post", retrieved via cache 2008-01-07]
Other projects include the screenplay for
Nonzee Nimibutr 's 2008 fantasy, "Queen of Langkasuka ".Filmography
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