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Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateMar 8, 1962 (64 years old)
Zodiac Sign♓Pisces
Place of BirthBangkok, Thailand
Career Span1997 – Present (30 yrs)
Known Credits30 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 0.8

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Also known as:뻰엑 라따나루앙เป็นเอก รัตนเรืองTom PannetTom+2 more
Total Works

30

28 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.3 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Last Life in the Universe
7.1
Role: Director
6ixtynin9
6.8
6ixtynin9
1999•movie
Role: Director
Headshot
6.2
Headshot
2011•movie
Role: Director
Folklore
6.7
Folklore
2018•series
Role: Director

Photos & Headshots1

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 30 titles featuring Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Last Life in the Universe
7.1

Role: Director

6ixtynin9
6.8
6ixtynin9
1999•movie

Role: Director

Headshot
6.2
Headshot
2011•movie

Role: Director

Folklore
6.7
Folklore
2018•series

Role: Director

Ploy
6.1
Ploy
2007•movie

Role: Director

Invisible Waves
5.9
Invisible Waves
2006•movie

Role: Director

Citizen Dog
6.8
Citizen Dog
2004•movie

as Narrator (voice)

6ixtynin9 the Series
5.8
1 eps

as Advertising Client

Transistor Love Story
6.9

Role: Director

Nymph
6.0
Nymph
2009•movie

Role: Director

Samui Song
5.8
Samui Song
2018•movie

Role: Screenplay

Fun Bar Karaoke
5.8
Fun Bar Karaoke
1997•movie

Role: Director

OK Baytong
6.4
OK Baytong
2003•movie

Role: Editor

The Master
7.4
The Master
2014•movie

as Self

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
4.2

Role: Director

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Remix)
5.0

Role: Director

Paradoxocracy
4.6
Paradoxocracy
2013•movie

Role: Director

Ghost Variety
6.2
Ghost Variety
2005•movie

Role: Thanks

Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
6.5

Role: Director

Morte Cucina
5.4
Morte Cucina
2026•movie

Role: Writer

Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
5.0
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
8.5

as Self

Twelve Twenty
5.5
Twelve Twenty
2006•movie

Role: Director

The Life of Gravity
3.8

Role: Director

Behind the Blur
4.0
Behind the Blur
2009•movie
Gatlang : Happiness, Hardship and Other Stories
6.0

Role: Director

ตัวกู-ของกู

as Self

The Brotherhood of Kaengkoi

Role: Director

Two Little Soldiers

Role: Director

Total Bangkok
Total Bangkok
2006•movie

Role: Director