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Apichatpong "Joe" Weerasethakul ( born July 16, 1970) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize; Tropical Malady, which won a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival; Blissfully Yours, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard program at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival; and Syndromes and a Century, which premiered at the 63rd Venice Film Festival and was the first Thai film to be entered in competition there. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, Weerasethakul has directed several features and dozens of short films. Themes reflected in his films (frequently discussed in interviews) include dreams, nature, sexuality (including his own homosexuality), and Western perceptions of Thailand and Asia, and his films display a preference for unconventional narrative structures (like placing titles/credits at the middle of a film) and for working with non-actors. Cinephiles affectionately refer to him as "Joe" (a nickname that he, like many with similarly long Thai names, has adopted out of convenience).
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Born
Thursday, 16 July 1970
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Cinema Futures | 2016 | |
Simulacrum Tremendum | 2016 | |
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | 2015 |
Past Present | Self | 2013 |
Behind the Blur | Self | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Cinema Futures | 2016 | |
Simulacrum Tremendum | 2016 | |
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | Self | 2015 |
Past Present | Self | 2013 |
Behind the Blur | Self | 2009 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Year of the Everlasting Storm | 2021 |
Memoria | 2021 |
Ten Years Thailand | 2018 |
Cemetery of Splendor | 2015 |
Short Plays | 2014 |
Venice 70: Future Reloaded | 2013 |
Cactus River | 2012 |
Sakda | 2012 |
Mekong Hotel | 2012 |
3.11 Sense of Home | 2011 |
M Hotel | 2011 |
Quattro Hongkong 2 | 2011 |
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee | 2010 |
Empire | 2010 |
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | 2009 |
Phantoms of Nabua | 2009 |
Haiku | 2009 |
Stories on Human Rights | 2008 |
Sud Vikal | 2008 |
State of the World | 2007 |
Syndromes and a Century | 2006 |
The Anthem | 2006 |
Worldly Desires | 2005 |
Tropical Malady | 2004 |
The Adventures of Iron Pussy | 2004 |
Blissfully Yours | 2002 |
Mysterious Object at Noon | 2000 |
Thirdworld | 1998 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Memoria | 2021 |
Railway Sleepers | 2017 |
Cemetery of Splendor | 2015 |
Concrete Clouds | 2013 |
Empire | 2010 |
Reincarnate | 2010 |
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | 2009 |
Syndromes and a Century | 2006 |