Prachya Pinkaew

Prachya Pinkaew

Birth : 1962-09-02, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

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Prachya Pinkaew (born September 2, 1962) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films starring Tony Jaa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Prachya Pinkaew, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Prachya Pinkaew

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Deep
Thanks
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.
Sisters
Producer
Veena and Mora who have lived with their father since their mother, a krasue hunter, died. Veena has to take care of her younger sister who has inherited the krasue curse and whose body is currently in the transformation stage. In the meantime, Mora is being closely watched by Ratree, queen of the Krasue tribe, who is waiting to take revenge for her mother’s acts.
Sisters
Story
Veena and Mora who have lived with their father since their mother, a krasue hunter, died. Veena has to take care of her younger sister who has inherited the krasue curse and whose body is currently in the transformation stage. In the meantime, Mora is being closely watched by Ratree, queen of the Krasue tribe, who is waiting to take revenge for her mother’s acts.
Sisters
Director
Veena and Mora who have lived with their father since their mother, a krasue hunter, died. Veena has to take care of her younger sister who has inherited the krasue curse and whose body is currently in the transformation stage. In the meantime, Mora is being closely watched by Ratree, queen of the Krasue tribe, who is waiting to take revenge for her mother’s acts.
Gift
Writer
Gift
Director
Khun Pan
Producer
In the southern province of Chumporn in 1939, Khun Pan is a police detective who defeats a gang of bandits despite having just one bullet in his pistol. Khun Pun is renowned for his sorcery and spells, which give him a supernatural protective power. After defeating the Pa Daeng gang, Khun Pan volunteers to take on the most dangerous mission: to hunt the ferocious Alhawee Yalu, the dark lord of the southernmost provinces who’s also skilled in black magic and who spreads terror across the Budo Mountain. Alhawee Yalu is feared for his invulnerability – no bullets can hurt him – while his dagger is the most ruthless weapon.
Love Beat
Writer
In a big city, people lead their own lives with hope and determination. For some, the lives can be sweetened a bit with the flavor of love. The movie about lives in the big city that sees the intermingles between people from different social statuses and class. The story of a high fly business man who falls for a girl who he has only heard her voice. An old man who can not remember anything in his present day while still remember his first love from years ago. A young boy who lost all hope and found new ones while he decided to jump from a sky bridge. All of them are connected through the local country songs that tell them of hope and love.
Love Beat
Director
In a big city, people lead their own lives with hope and determination. For some, the lives can be sweetened a bit with the flavor of love. The movie about lives in the big city that sees the intermingles between people from different social statuses and class. The story of a high fly business man who falls for a girl who he has only heard her voice. An old man who can not remember anything in his present day while still remember his first love from years ago. A young boy who lost all hope and found new ones while he decided to jump from a sky bridge. All of them are connected through the local country songs that tell them of hope and love.
The Ugly Ghost
Producer
After the gang of four girls students in front of the ugly Miki, Ploy, Kaew and Khao millet come to train at a wooden furniture factory with Tui Tui, a young factory manager to take care of and take the role of the leader of the ugly gang.
The Protector 2
Producer
Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for someone as good in martial arts as him, peace is but a wishful thought.
The Protector 2
Director
Kham is the last in long line of guards who once watched over the King of Thailand's war elephants. Traditionally, only the perfect elephants could successfully help defend the throne, after his harrowing quest to retrieve the elephants, Kham returns to his village to live in peace. But for someone as good in martial arts as him, peace is but a wishful thought.
Love in the Rain
Producer
Is falling in love similar to rain? Rains falls without reason and also regardless of season. Anyway, falling rain always light up some emotion in people. Some feels lonely, some feels excited, some feels that it's normal for rain to fall.
Sat2Mon
Producer
Chuad meets Tonliw and falls in love with the TV show host. That’s when he decides to seek the help of Pen, Tonliw’s best friend. Pen’s also got her own set of problems in the form of a controlling doctor boyfriend.
The Gangster
Producer
Jod is a gangster who has been sent to jail as a result of a military coup that brings a new order to the streets. In the young gangsters' neighbourhood, uniformed officer Neung rules like a dictator and is a frequent thorn in the side of Jod's gang. When he emerges from prison, Jod is a changed man with a determination to set things right.
The Kick
Director
Korean family made up of taekwondo experts moves to Thailand, where they set up a taekwondo gym. However, one member of the family, Taeju, wants to become a famous pop singer instead. The family becomes famous after stopping treasure robbers.
Mai Ka Mum
Producer
People who are both right and wrong Will there be a problem in the world that is Mai, The most sour girl has questioned herself since high school until she passed the university, crossed her age until now. I still haven't seen any young man who is sincere and true love. Other than the birth father, all men are bad as well - flirtatious. Fortunately, in this life there is also Mum, a best friend who always takes a new wing every time you get drunk from the heartbreak from all the men that come into your life.
Elephant White
Director
An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.
BKO: Bangkok Knockout
Producer
A group of martial arts students are enjoying a reunion party when a bomb goes off in the building. When they wake up, some of their friends have been kidnapped and they soon find a group of assassins coming after them. The only way to survive is to fight their way out.
Clueless
Producer
Directed by popular comedian turns to director, Mum Jokmok, Pohtak is a parody comedy that explores the lives in front and behind the camera of Thais film industry.
Pai in Love
Director
A group of friends visit the scenic town of Pai between Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Song to look for an idea to make a good movie that will best describe the story of this town. They have different opinions on this town so they decide that each person will go out and find their own ideas to put in the movie.
Dreamaholic
Producer
A street performer, is chased by a rich and young film star coming to his home in her Mercedes SL. Her name is Ple and she likes older men. Getting interest from Ple is like a dream for Dang as he has been single since his wife died 10 years ago but he tries to abuse the situation. Meanwhile the reality is mixed with his own dreams. In his dreams, he is a film star. He is navigating between dream and reality not knowing which one is true. Dang behaves badly in his dreams when he is a film star.
Dreamaholic
Prach
A street performer, is chased by a rich and young film star coming to his home in her Mercedes SL. Her name is Ple and she likes older men. Getting interest from Ple is like a dream for Dang as he has been single since his wife died 10 years ago but he tries to abuse the situation. Meanwhile the reality is mixed with his own dreams. In his dreams, he is a film star. He is navigating between dream and reality not knowing which one is true. Dang behaves badly in his dreams when he is a film star.
สวัสดีบางกอก
Director
Thai directors give their take on Thailand's capital city of Bangkok: Bangkok Blues, Pi Makham, Sightseeing, Silence
Raging Phoenix
Producer
A violent gang is abducting and killing women around Thailand. Sanim and his friends, having had loved ones abducted, have joined together to break the gang of kidnappers. In a botched kidnap attempt, Deu is saved by Sanim's crew. After learning their unique martial arts style, Deu helps lure the gang into an epic battle to save the women across Thailand.
Wongkamlao
Producer
The story of Petcharawut, the heir of Wongkamlao Family, an extremely wealthy family that runs jewelry business, who falls in love with Piramon, who is an English tutor for his own younger brother. But the love affair between the rich and the poor always comes with conditions and obstacles. Petcharawut and Piramon inevitably confront the turmoils caused by Wongkamlao's unusual family members, as well as struggle in the world of jealousy, secret, and fun of Wongkamlao.
Power Kids
Producer
A group of friends have trained themselves in martial arts. One of the gang is in hospital so when the hospital is taken over by a group of terrorists, the kids take on the rebels.
4 Romance
Director
It is a melodrama, comedy, action, time-shifting psychological mystery and a cartoon fantasy put together in one film. The film is divided into four short segments titled Dream, Sweet, Shy, Kiss.
Ong Bak 2
Producer
Moments from death a young man is rescued by a renowned warrior. Realizing unsurpassed physical potential in the young boy he trains him into the most dangerous man alive. As he becomes a young man he goes on a lone mission of vengeance against the vicious slave traders who enslaved him as a youth and the treacherous warlord who killed his father.
In the Shadow of the Naga
Producer
In the wake of a successful robbery, three thieves face a dilemma: To access their loot, which they buried beneath a monastery before the building broke ground, they’ll have to fool the monks and join the order.
Me Joo
Producer
Mee joo is a little girl from the Ahka hill tribe community in Thailand's most northern region. The Ahkas are still a self-sustaining community. A youthful NGO arrives at her village to build a small community TV station. All programming is to be about the village with the NGO planning ultimately to have the villagers produce their programs. The little girl is interested but there is a bit of commotion.
Nak
Producer
A group of Thai ghost legends have grown tired of haunting and move to the country to help humanity.
Chocolate
Producer
Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.
Chocolate
Director
Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.
Love of Siam
Producer
Two young boys are best friends living quiet family lives in Bangkok. Their lives are disrupted when one boy's older sister goes missing on a jungle trip. The shattered family moves away, separating the boys. Years later, now in their late teens, the boys meet again. One of them is now the leader of an aspiring boy band whose managing assistant bears a striking resemblance to the lost sister. The boys must deal with their family and social lives and their feelings for each other.
Demon Warriors
Producer
Opapatika is a special power that makes one become practically invincible. The power remains alive so long as that person is remains alive. In this film, five Opapatikas, each with their own unique power, are brought together. They meet in the middle of a great assassination that finally brings them loss, but a new start of their lives.
Sick Nurses
Producer
At a Thai hospital, a doctor and his seven nubile nurses engage in the sale of dead bodies. Jealousy causes one of the nurses to threaten to blow the whistle on the practice, so the others murder her. Soon the spirit of the slain nurse seeks revenge. In flashbacks we see the events leading up to the murder, and realize the full range of relationships between the main characters.
The Bodyguard 2
Producer
The best agent of Vieng, the country near the boundary of Thailand received the important mission that he had to catch two armed dealers who could be the dangerous for his country.
Khao Chon Kai
Producer
Nhoi and friends have a common destiny that  everyone must overcome it. That was a 5 days training session at the "Khao Chon Kai" training site that have been said to be the toughest and most difficult training such as 34 foot tower jump, 10 foot wall barrier, training at the shooting tower, training at the hitting practice ground. Nhoi and friends have to complete these training under the order of 'Sgt. Tai' The ruthless trainer of the troop.
Dynamite Warrior
Producer
The story is set in 1890s Siam. Siang is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiders. He is searching for a man with a tattoo who killed his parents.
13: Game of Death
Producer
Pusit is having the worst day of his life. He just lost his job and is in serious debt. That is all about to change when he receives a mysterious phone call with a tempting offer. If he could complete 13 tasks, he will win 100 million Baht. Pusit agrees and the game begins.
12 Begin
Producer
The story is about a group of high school boys with Tay, Mick, Bae and their new friends. Come join the Bird group, who came to tell a strange story to the 3 of them that last night, while on MSN, it turned out that "Kie" appeared to greet him. Even though everyone knows that Kie, an old friend in the group during the second year of high school, has been intertwined between disappearance or death for a long time.
Mercury Man
Producer
After a brush with a strange substance, an average fireman transforms into something far greater than himself — the Mercury Man. Endowed with fantastic superpowers, he will now use his abilities to help conquer the forces of evil.
Loveaholic
Producer
A love story that you're going to love. Rong, a comedic scriptwriter is having a hard time with his marriage.
Nong Teng
Thanks
Teng is the lead actor of a nationally famous Thai folk drama playhouse. Showing great skill as an actor, Teng becomes the star of the show and helps the playhouse to gain money and fame that is, until a movie studio shows up and claims that it has the right to remove the playhouse and turn it into a movie set. Teng and his partner Nhong are disappointed and strongly against the idea. But even more important for Teng is Nuenchan, the beautiful actress he has always dreamed of. Now, it's time to choose between his theatrical team and the girl he loves.
A Bite of Love
Producer
Khao Niao, a young girl, is left at her relatives' house by her mother, Bee. Although she is surrounded by familiar faces, she still feels very lonely and blames her mother for 'abandoning' her here. One day, while wandering around, Khao Niao finds a stray puppy. Thinking that the dog is as lonely as she is, she decides to bring him home even though she knows that her relatives will not like him. This is only the beginning of a journey between Khao Niao and her puppy, Moo Ping.
Scared
Story
A big group of freshman students go out of town. On the journey, their bus has to cross a creaky old river bridge which is the only way to get to the center of a dark forest. When the bus is halfway across, the bridge collapses and the bus falls deep into the river more than 50 meters from the surface. Nearly all the students are killed. The remaining students walk into the forest until they discover a mysterious, abandoned town. The students are cruelly murdered one by one. Only the survivor will be able to explain it all.
Scared
Producer
A big group of freshman students go out of town. On the journey, their bus has to cross a creaky old river bridge which is the only way to get to the center of a dark forest. When the bus is halfway across, the bridge collapses and the bus falls deep into the river more than 50 meters from the surface. Nearly all the students are killed. The remaining students walk into the forest until they discover a mysterious, abandoned town. The students are cruelly murdered one by one. Only the survivor will be able to explain it all.
The Road to Glory: The Making of Ong-Bak
A fascinating 8-part ""Making Of"" documentary that will take you behind-the-scenes of each of the movie's groundbreaking action-sequences.
The Road to Glory: The Making of Ong-Bak
Director
A fascinating 8-part ""Making Of"" documentary that will take you behind-the-scenes of each of the movie's groundbreaking action-sequences.
Hello Yasothorn
Producer
The story is set in 1967 in Yasothon Province, Thailand, where Yam is a hard-working, humble, and kind farmer—kind, that is, except when it comes to the attentions of Joei, the homely maid of Soy, who is the girlfriend of Yam's cousin, Tong. Yam nurses stray and injured animals of all kinds, but he never has nice things to say to Joei. Despite this, she persists in flirting with Yam and making unwanted physical advances. Meanwhile, Soy and Tong cuddle, kiss and hug each other at every opportunity.
The Protector
Director
In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant owned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters.
The Protector
Producer
In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant owned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters.
The Protector
Screenplay
In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant owned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters.
Midnight My Love
Producer
Sombat is a night taxi driver who has unique taste in things. He enjoys listening to AM radio channels for they reminds him of the good old days though other people find him outdated and call him dork.
Born to Fight
Producer
When a remote Thai village is overrun by terrorists armed with a nuclear missile, an elite undercover operative leads the most unique fighting force ever assembled in a heroic bid to save their nation.
Evil
Producer
The parents of young Oui have been murdered, now the girl has to move into the haunted house to the inclined aunt. The operating a lucrative Heilpraktikerei, employs several employees and keeping up on the fourth floor under the roof spirits trapped, knowing how various gossip to report. Oui believes first no word, but then has to give in the first nights that the legends might be something after a few scary experiences. Together with the little cousin she goes the thing on the reason creepy.
The Bodyguard
Producer
A professional bodyguard who failed to protect his Choti, most successful businessman, is fired by his employer's son. The son inherits his fathers company but is then targets by assassins who want to gain control of the estate. He is forced to hide out in the slums where a kind family looks after him and sparks up a relationship with their tomboy daughter.
Fake
Producer
Three young hipster men who share an apartment in Bangkok are each chasing after a woman, but are unaware that it's the same woman they are after.
Sayew
Producer
Tao is a tomboyish university student who supports her studies by writing for her uncle's racy pulp pornographic magazine Sayew, despite the fact that she has never had sex herself. The magazine is struggling financially, so Tao's uncle, Dr. Porn, tells her she needs to spice up her stories or else be sacked. After writing fantasies about her neighbors doesn't work, Tao takes the advice of her uncle and starts reaching for first-hand experience to draw on, turning to the macho magazine photographer and writer, Young Stallion. However, the sexually uncertain Tao also has fantasies about a female classmate, Mui.
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
Story
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
Producer
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior
Director
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
999-9999
Producer
Rainbow has just moved to an international school in Phuket, in Southern Thailand. She soon becomes the center of attention, since so many of her new friends are curious to know about the recent death of a student at her old school in the North. She blames it on a mysterious phone number 999-9999 a number reputed to grant whoever calls it, one wish.
Heaven's Seven
Producer
Seven ex-soldiers are hired to rob a group of American GI's trucks, under the misguided notion that these trucks contain a wealth of treasures. They successfully seize the trucks, only to find that there's nothing precious within. A troop of fully-armed, brutal, not to mention racist GIs, led by Peter, is now after them. At the same time, their former superior (in charge of seven) is tracking down a cargo of dangerous chemicals and he asks for their help. They reluctantly agree, and their personal conflict is turned into an action-packed confrontation fought and waged for the sake of one thing only: their country.
Body Jumper
Producer
Amidst the chaos of the and lights in the night, A group of nature conservative students led by Dom, Fah and Ger held a volunteer camp in Roi Ed province without any clues about the village myth.
Dark Side Romance
Director
The story of a young couple, Tan and Peang, man "Tan" who are killed when their bus has an accident on a trip to Northern Thailand. They will survive in the spirit world for 7 days before going through the heavenly gate to be reborn.
The Magic Shoes
Editor
The story of Tat, a young man who loves dance. One day, he possessed a shoe that had the super power created by lightning It made him a fiery dancer overnight.
The Magic Shoes
Screenplay
The story of Tat, a young man who loves dance. One day, he possessed a shoe that had the super power created by lightning It made him a fiery dancer overnight.
The Magic Shoes
Director
The story of Tat, a young man who loves dance. One day, he possessed a shoe that had the super power created by lightning It made him a fiery dancer overnight.