Thai filmmaker and screenwriter
Parkpoom Wongpoom
Born 1978 (age 45–46) Occupations
Parkpoom Wongpoom (Thai : ภาคภูมิ วงศ์ภูมิ ) (born 1978) is a Thai filmmaker and screenwriter . He is known for his work with filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun ; the pair co-directed and co-wrote the 2004 hit Thai horror film , Shutter ,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] and the 2007 horror film, Alone .[ 4]
Biography
Education and early career
Wongpoom graduated from the Department of Film and Video, Faculty of Communication Arts at Rangsit University in 2000.[ 5]
His first short film, the 8-minute Luang Ta (Old Monk ), was shown at film festivals, including the Thai Short Film and Video Festival , the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival , the Singapore International Film Festival and the Pusan International Short Film Festival. It won the Best Director and Best Thai Short Film awards at the Bangkok Film Festival in 2001[citation needed ]
Parkpoom's second film, In the Eyes , is a 14-minute short about a boy's first sexual experience. It was featured at the Asiexpo in Lyon , France , the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival , the Pusan International Film Festival , the Canadian World Wide Short Film Festival, Flickerfest in Australia, and the Solothurn Film Festival .
Parkpoom also served as a jury member for the short-film competitions at the 2004 Nokia Creative Arts Awards in Kuala Lumpur and the 2005 Bangkok International Film Festival .
Feature films
Parkpoom's first feature film, Shutter , was co-directed and co-written with Banjong Pisanthanakun . With a story about ghost images in photographs and a haunted photographer (portrayed by Ananda Everingham ), the film was the biggest box-office hit in Thailand that year.[ 6]
The two teamed up again in 2007 for Alone , which was screened at many film festivals, including the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival , where it was in competition for Best ASEAN Film.
Both Shutter and Alone have been optioned for remakes in the United States .
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
Luang ta (2000)
In the Eyes (2003)
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