Wisit Sasanatieng

Wisit Sasanatieng

Birth : 1963-06-28, Bangkok, Thailand

History

Wisit Sasanatieng (วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง)  is a Thai film director and screenwriter of Chinese descent, best known for his colorful debut feature film, Tears of the Black Tiger, he is among a "New Wave" of Thai directors that include Nonzee Nimibutr, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.

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Wisit Sasanatieng

Movies

The Whole Truth
Storyboard
When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents' house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.
The Whole Truth
Co-Writer
When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents' house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.
The Whole Truth
Director
When two siblings stumble on a strange hole in the wall of their grandparents' house, horrifying incidents reveal sinister secrets about their family.
Deep
Writer
Four insomniac med school students are lured into a neuroscience experiment that spirals out of control and must find a way out before it’s too late.
Heartbeats
Creator
A downhearted 40-year-old man needs to step outside his safe zone to unlock the mystery which his late girlfriend left to him. While travelling, he meets a lively 20-year-old guesthouse attendant, there she helps him find more clues to the mystery and also to his lonely life.
Inhuman Kiss
Creator
In a far-away village, lived an innocent teenage girl, Sai, who later discovered herself inheriting the curse of Krasue. At night, her head would detach from her body and hunts for flesh and blood. Villagers are terrified by the deaths of their livestocks and that is when the Krasue hunt begins. Jerd, a friend joined the hunt with an unknown reason while Noi, the childhood friend who had just came back to the village decided to stand beside Sai despite knowing the horrifying truth.
Reside
Creator
Soon after a mysterious-ritual ceremony has been performed in a house, there are several chilling and inexplicable events happening which allegedly relate to haunting-spirit possession influencing house members into violence.
Reside
Writer
Soon after a mysterious-ritual ceremony has been performed in a house, there are several chilling and inexplicable events happening which allegedly relate to haunting-spirit possession influencing house members into violence.
Reside
Director
Soon after a mysterious-ritual ceremony has been performed in a house, there are several chilling and inexplicable events happening which allegedly relate to haunting-spirit possession influencing house members into violence.
Krut: The Himmaphan Warriors
Writer
When the War between the majestic Garuda and the monstrous Raksod burst into a wide-spread annexation all over the ancient world, the last soldiers of Garuda have the courageous Himmaphan Warriors joining their alliance. Together, they have to fight against the brutal annihilation from the cold-hearted creatures that want to conquer the world.
Ten Years Thailand
Screenplay
A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.
Ten Years Thailand
Director
A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.
Premika
Creator
A haunting spirit of an unknown girl who dwells in a karaoke booth, named "Premika" after the clothing tag she wears. One night, someone accidentally switched on a karaoke booth that Premika possesses in. Then, she was awakened from the death, and is ready to torment whoever that sings incorrectly or out of tune, bringing together a horrifying, laughing, amusing and tuneful haunt.
Senior
Producer
A student who can smell ghosts work together with a dead senior classmate to investigate a murder from 50 years ago.
Senior
Writer
A student who can smell ghosts work together with a dead senior classmate to investigate a murder from 50 years ago.
Senior
Director
A student who can smell ghosts work together with a dead senior classmate to investigate a murder from 50 years ago.
Camellia
Director
A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.
The Red Eagle
Screenplay
After a hasty plan to construct a nuclear power plant spreads fear among villagers and environmental activists, a hero emerges, who dispenses justice on Bangkok's corrupt politicians and vile criminals when the law fails to function.
The Red Eagle
Maturee's Secretary (voice)
After a hasty plan to construct a nuclear power plant spreads fear among villagers and environmental activists, a hero emerges, who dispenses justice on Bangkok's corrupt politicians and vile criminals when the law fails to function.
The Red Eagle
Director
After a hasty plan to construct a nuclear power plant spreads fear among villagers and environmental activists, a hero emerges, who dispenses justice on Bangkok's corrupt politicians and vile criminals when the law fails to function.
Slice
Story
A serial killer is on the loose. There have been gruesome murders, with victims being ghastly dismembered and their severed body parts dumped in various locations. As the bodies keep piling up, the police remain in the dark without a single clue.
สวัสดีบางกอก
Director
Thai directors give their take on Thailand's capital city of Bangkok: Bangkok Blues, Pi Makham, Sightseeing, Silence
Behind the Blur
An insightful documentary about Thai cinema, which features a colourful and long running film history, yet struggles as the industry attempts to move forward. This film examines the past and focuses on the Thai New Wave since 1997 by combining film clips, and interviews from Thai directors and others artists, like Asian hip-hop sensation Thaitanium, who are trying to create a more personal style of art.
The Unseeable
Director
Set in 1934 Siam, the story involves a young pregnant woman named Nualjin who's searching for her missing husband. She comes to stay in the spooky rural mansion of a widow, Runjuan.
Citizen Dog
Screenplay
Follow the life of Pod as he moves to Bangkok from the country. Pod's new life starts with getting a job, losing a finger and dreaming about a girl. A movie were nothing is impossible, and just because you get killed by raining red helmets doesn't mean you have to stop driving a motorcycle taxi.
Citizen Dog
Director
Follow the life of Pod as he moves to Bangkok from the country. Pod's new life starts with getting a job, losing a finger and dreaming about a girl. A movie were nothing is impossible, and just because you get killed by raining red helmets doesn't mean you have to stop driving a motorcycle taxi.
Tears of the Black Tiger
Screenplay
A homage and parody of 1950s and 1960s Thai romantic melodramas and action films. Dum, the son of a peasant falls in love with Rumpoey, the daughter of a wealthy and respected family. The star-crossed lovers are torn apart for years, but their forbidden love survives. When tragedy strikes, Dum unleashes his rage and becomes the gun-slinging outlaw the "Black Tiger" who will stop at nothing to seek his revenge.
Tears of the Black Tiger
Director
A homage and parody of 1950s and 1960s Thai romantic melodramas and action films. Dum, the son of a peasant falls in love with Rumpoey, the daughter of a wealthy and respected family. The star-crossed lovers are torn apart for years, but their forbidden love survives. When tragedy strikes, Dum unleashes his rage and becomes the gun-slinging outlaw the "Black Tiger" who will stop at nothing to seek his revenge.
Nang Nak
Writer
In a rural village in Thailand, Mak is sent to fight in a war and leaves his pregnant wife, Nak. Mak is injured and barely survives. He returns home to his doting wife and child, or so he thinks.
Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters
Screenplay
Nonzee recreates the life of a notorious late-1950s gangster. Dang Bireley's had Elvis and James Dean fixations and lived predictably fast and died predictably young. He first killed a man at the age of 13, and became famous in Phra Nakorn as a Chinese protection racketeer from the age of 18. Everything swung his way until one of Thailand's many coups d'etat imposed martial law and drove the city's gangsters up-country. Dang and his loyal cohort Piak had little trouble facing down the local hicks, but bristled when forced to operate a long side their arch-enemy Pu, known as Bottle-Bomb.
Mah
Screenplay
A group of students has a trip to go to a jungle. They've found a weird egg in the cave and they decide to bring it back home. That makes the monster who is the egg's owner chasing after them and demanding for getting that egg back. Unfortunately, the monster can capture a girl from the group so they have to find the way get her back.
The Murderer
Director