Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Known for directing · Born 8 March 1962 · 64 · Bangkok, Thailand
33 credits
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) A Thai film director and screenwriter best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.
Known for
Last Life in the Universe
2003
6ixtynin9 the Series
2023
6ixtynin9
1999
Headshot
2011
Folklore
2018
Invisible Waves
2006
Ploy
2007
Transistor Love Story
2001
Samui Song
2018
Nymph
2009
Fun Bar Karaoke
1997
The Master
2014
Acting (7)
20236ixtynin9 the SeriesAdvertising ClientSeries
2014The MasterSelfFilm
2014Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster CrowsFilm
2009Behind the BlurFilm
2008ตัวกู-ของกูSelfFilm
2004Citizen DogNarrator (voice)Film
2004Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!SelfFilm
Crew (1)
2005Ghost VarietyThanksFilm
Directing (19)
2026Morte CucinaDirector, WriterFilm
20236ixtynin9 the SeriesDirector, ScreenplaySeries
2020Two Little SoldiersDirectorFilm
2018FolkloreDirector, WriterSeries
2018Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other StoriesDirectorFilm
2014The Life of GravityDirectorFilm
2013ParadoxocracyDirectorFilm
201160 Seconds of Solitude in Year ZeroDirectorFilm
2010The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)DirectorFilm
2009NymphDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2009Sawasdee BangkokDirectorFilm
2007PloyDirector, ScreenplayFilm
2006Invisible WavesDirectorFilm
2006Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to HerDirectorFilm
2006Twelve TwentyDirector, WriterFilm
2006Total BangkokDirectorFilm
2001Transistor Love StoryDirector, ScreenplayFilm
—The CatererDirectorFilm
—The Brotherhood of KaengkoiDirectorFilm
Editing (1)
2003OK BaytongEditorFilm
Production (1)
19996ixtynin9Producer, Director, ScreenplayFilm
Writing (4)
2018Samui SongScreenplay, Story, DirectorFilm
2011HeadshotScreenplay, DirectorFilm
2003Last Life in the UniverseScreenplay, DirectorFilm
1997Fun Bar KaraokeScreenplay, DirectorFilm