Prachya Pinkaew

Born September 2, 1962, Prachya graduated from Nakornratsima Technology College in 1985, majoring in Architecture.

Prachya Pinkaew began his career in 1990, working at Pack Shot Entertainment first as an art director and later as creative director. In 1992, he became a director for music videos and subsequently won several Best Music Video Awards at the Golden Television Awards in Thailand.

In 1992, Prachya had the opportunity to direct his first feature film, THE MAGIC SHOES followed in 1994 by his second film ROMANTIC BLUES.

Prachya’s third movie, ONG BAK, received a standing ovation at the Midnight Madness programme for the first time in the history of the Toronto Film Festival (2003). It was awarded the Action Asia Award at the Deauville Asian Film Festival (2004) and the Orient Express Award at the Catalonian International Film Festival, Sitges (2003). ONG BAK was the highest-grossing Thai film of 2003 and Prachya is considered a new leader in commercial Thai cinema.

Since 1998, Prachya has focused on producing. He is the head of an independent production house, Baa-Ram-Ewe, which has an output deal with Sahamongkolfilm International Company Limited.

His filmography as a Producer includes: BODY JUMPER (2002), 7’S HEAVEN (2003), 999-9999 (2003), SAYEW (2003), UNBORN AKA THE MOTHER (2003), TAKIEN (2003), PISAJ (2004), THE BODYGUARD (2004), BORN TO FIGHT (2004), 7 STREET FIGHTERS (2005), MIDNIGHT MY LOVE (2005), CRYING TIGER (2005) and MERCURY MAN (2005).

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