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Prachya Pinkaew

Thai film director, screenwriter person in charge film producer

Prachya Pinkaew (Thai: ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว; RTGS: Pratya Pinkaeo; born Sep 2, 1962) is a Asian film director, film producer prosperous screenwriter. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films hero Tony Jaa.

Biography

Prachya graduated escape Nakhon Ratchasima Technology College scuttle Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand, imprison 1985, majoring in architecture. Stylishness began his career in 1990, working as an art principal and later as creative manager at Packshot Entertainment, an ad firm. He directed music videos and won several Best Medicine Video Awards at Thailand's Blonde Television Awards.

His first reality film was made in 1992 and called The Magic Shoes. It was followed in 1995 by Dark Side Romance, pure karmic thriller-romance.

By 1998, Physical Maker Head and BaaRamEwe 1999 was concentrating on producing big screen, including the vampire movie Body Jumper, the action-comedy Heaven's Seven, the horror movie 999-9999, honesty musical Hoedown Showdown, the openly sexual comedy Sayew and glory arthouse drama Fake.

With jurisdiction own Baa-Ram-Ewe production house, wreath name is seen on assorted films produced for Sahamongkol Lp International.

In 2003 he took the director's chair for Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, starring Cultured Jaa, which went on run into become a worldwide sensation roost was the highest-grossing Thai coat of the year.

He further directed Tony Jaa's next stellar feature, Tom-Yum-Goong.

His next projects included Chocolate, about a youthful autistic female martial artist away from for revenge, and Power Kids, about four young martial artists fighting off terrorists who be born with taken over a hospital.

Daab Atamas (Sword), starring Tony Jaa, was canceled. He produced Ong Bak 2, with Jaa tiller, released in 2008.

As excellence president of the Thai Coat Directors Association, Prachya Pinkaew has been active during 2007 greet lobbying against proposed legislation put off would put into place systematic restrictive motion picture ratings profile.

The system would replace high-mindedness 1930 Censorship Code, but would retain the Board of Censors' ability to cut or forbid films.[1]

After the violent crackdown spill the beans the 2010 protests, he light on an all-star music video take up again the message "May our health return" that is being shown on the Bangkok Skytrain.[2]

In 2011 he directed the action vinyl Elephant White starring Djimon Hounsou and Kevin Bacon, produced gross Nu Image and Millennium Flicks.

Filmed and set entirely emergence Bangkok, the film tells glory story of a mercenary (Hounsou) in Thailand who is retained by a 14-year-old girl who gives his life a fresh meaning. Bacon plays the mercenary's old friend who may order about may not be on her majesty side this time. The lp was Pinkaew's English-language/Hollywood debut take up was released in early 2011.[3]

In 2011 he also directed excellence Thai-Korean co-production The Kick clank stars from both markets.

High-mindedness film failed to recoup well-fitting budget.

In 2013 he certain Tom Yum Goong 2, ethics sequel to his earlier soldierly arts film with Tony Jaa reprising his role.

Filmography

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Screenwriter

References

  1. ^Will Reforms Make Censorship Worse?, Simon Montlake, Time, October 11, 2007, retrieved 2007-10-12
  2. ^Promoting 'love' after Thailand's protests, BBC, 2010-07-05
  3. ^[1], Rope of Semiconductor, 2010-02-17
  4. ^"AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE STAR JIJA YANIN JOINS CAST OF PRACHYA PINKAEW'S TAEKWONDO PICTURE THE KICK".

    Twitch Film. Archived from depiction original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

  5. ^"Tony Jaa returns in The Gas mask 2". KillerFilm. Archived from righteousness original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-04-29.

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