Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Biography
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.
Acting (5 movies)
Directing (19 movies)
Last Life in the Universe
2003
6ixtynin9
1999
Ploy
2007
Invisible Waves
2006
Fun Bar Karaoke
1997
Nymph
2009
Headshot
2011
Transistor Love Story
2001
Sawasdee Bangkok
2009
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)
2010
Twelve Twenty
2006
Paradoxocracy
2013
The Life of Gravity
2014
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
2006
Samui Song
2018
Morte Cucina
2025
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories
2018
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011
Two Little Soldiers
2020
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Fun Bar Karaoke | 1997 | Screenplay |
| 6ixtynin9 | 1999 | Producer |
| 6ixtynin9 | 1999 | Screenplay |
| Transistor Love Story | 2001 | Screenplay |
| Last Life in the Universe | 2003 | Screenplay |
| Twelve Twenty | 2006 | Writer |
| Ploy | 2007 | Screenplay |
| Nymph | 2009 | Screenplay |
| Headshot | 2011 | Screenplay |
| Samui Song | 2018 | Screenplay |
| Morte Cucina | 2025 | Writer |