Visra Vichit-Vadakan

Visra Vichit-Vadakan

출생 : , San Francisco, California, USA

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Visra Vichit-Vadakan is a filmmaker based in California and Bangkok. She was born in the United States (San Francisco) but moved to Bangkok with her parents at age 9. She graduated in biology and education from the University of Stanford, and completed her film education at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Her granddaughter is Luang Wichitwathakan, a Thai politician, historian, novelist and playwright. Vichit-Vadakan married a fellow Stanford University grad in 2010, Christopher Cox, who serves as chief of staff to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on product development and is responsible for its "family of apps": Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. She makes social-issue films that combine both documentary and fiction, since hopes to use her background in education and film to bring positive social change. She has made several short films that were previously screened in Rotterdam and her first feature film, 'Karaoke Girl', was based on the life of a young sex worker in Bangkok. It premiered in competition at the 'International Film Festival Rotterdam' and traveled to various festivals around the world. Visra also co-founded the 'Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab', a script lab aimed to support Southeast Asian filmmakers by developing and advancing their scripts.

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어둠의 시간
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개개인이 바라보는 어두운 역사의 자락들. 한 영화인과 전직 활동가에서 작가로 전직한 그녀의 뮤즈, 누구와도 관계를 맺지 못하는 듯 보이는 이직한 웨이트리스, 로맨틱하게 엮인 배우와 여배우. 거의 보이지 않을 정도로 느슨하게 서로 얽혀 있는 이들 모두의 복잡한 삶의 진실이 조금씩 밝혀지기 시작한다. (2016년 제21회 부산국제영화제)
Karaoke Girl
Screenplay
Following a young escort girl in Bangkok through portraits of her daily life, introducing the nuances of a vocation borne out of a simple necessity: supporting a family in rural Thailand.
Karaoke Girl
Director
Following a young escort girl in Bangkok through portraits of her daily life, introducing the nuances of a vocation borne out of a simple necessity: supporting a family in rural Thailand.
In Space
Editor
A young monk finds a safe space between the present and the afterlife.
In Space
Screenplay
A young monk finds a safe space between the present and the afterlife.
In Space
Director
A young monk finds a safe space between the present and the afterlife.