Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Directing

Born July 16, 1970 · Bangkok, Thailand

113 films as director · Active 1993–2026

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His feature films include Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, winner of the prestigious 2010 Ca…

Known for

Kulturzeit

Kulturzeit

1995

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer

2012

Uncertain Path

Uncertain Path

2021

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

2015

Cinema Futures

Cinema Futures

2016

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

2014

Behind the Blur

Behind the Blur

2009

Past Present

Past Present

2013

Directed(113)

A Flower of Forgetfulness

2026A Flower of Forgetfulness

Phantoms

January Stories

2024January Stories

Le bureau qui avait peur

2024Le bureau qui avait peur

Solarium

Durmiente

A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)

2022A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)

On Blue

For Bruce

2022Action et Réaction★ 2.0

2022Three Rocks

The Year of the Everlasting Storm

2021The Year of the Everlasting Storm★ 6.5

Night Colonies

2021Night Colonies★ 7.5

Memoria

2021Memoria★ 6.0

Waterfall

2020Decameron★ 6.5

Cinetracts '20

2020Cinetracts '20★ 6.0

2020October Rumbles★ 7.0

Flowers & Banana Wind

2020Flowers & Banana Wind

2020

2020Seeing Circles

Untitled

2019Untitled★ 7.0

2019

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing★ 5.3

2018Sakda, Somchai

Ten Years Thailand

2018Ten Years Thailand★ 6.1

Blue

2018Blue★ 6.1

2018Jenjira, Brother Triam

Fiction

async - first light

2017async - first light★ 6.0

Memoria, Boy at Sea

2017Memoria, Boy at Sea

2017

2016Fan Dog★ 4.2

Art Through Our Eyes

2016Art Through Our Eyes

Invisibility

2016Invisibility

Ablaze

Cemetery of Splendor

2015Cemetery of Splendor★ 5.9

Rolling

2015Rolling★ 6.0

Vapour

2015Vapour★ 6.0

Fever Room

Fireworks (Archives)

2014Fireworks (Archives)

Footprints

Short Plays

2014Short Plays★ 5.1

Fireworks Sketch

2014Fireworks Sketch

Father

2014For Monkeys Only

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded★ 5.1

Dilbar

Blue Propeller

2013Blue Propeller

One Water

Mekong Hotel

2012Mekong Hotel★ 5.4

Ashes

2012Ashes★ 5.3

Cactus River

2012Cactus River★ 6.0

Sakda (Rousseau)

2012Sakda (Rousseau)★ 6.0

20 Little Films

201220 Little Films

2011M Hotel★ 4.7

Monsoon

3.11 A Sense of Home Films

20113.11 A Sense of Home Films★ 6.5

Quattro Hong Kong 2

2011Quattro Hong Kong 2

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2010Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives★ 6.6

Empire

Phantoms of Nabua

2009Phantoms of Nabua★ 5.9

A Letter to Uncle Boonmee

2009A Letter to Uncle Boonmee★ 6.5

Haiku

2009Haiku★ 4.1

I'm Still Breathing

2009I'm Still Breathing

An Evening Shoot

2009An Evening Shoot

2009Making of the Spaceship

2009A Dedicated Machine

Primitive

2008Prosperity for 2008★ 8.0

Mobile Men

2008Mobile Men★ 6.0

2008Vampire★ 6.4

Stories on Human Rights

2008Stories on Human Rights★ 2.2

The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)

2008The Palace (Pipittan Tee Taipei)★ 6.0

The State of the World

2007The State of the World★ 5.3

Luminous People

2007Luminous People

Emerald

2007Emerald★ 8.0

2007My Mother’s Garden

Teem

Syndromes and a Century

2006Syndromes and a Century★ 6.8

The Anthem

2006The Anthem★ 5.5

Worldly Desires

2005Worldly Desires★ 5.6

Ghost of Asia

2005Ghost of Asia

2005The Desire of the World: Jeonju Digital Project 2005

Tropical Malady

2004Tropical Malady★ 6.7

The Adventure of Iron Pussy

2004The Adventure of Iron Pussy★ 5.0

2003This and a Million More Lights

Nokia Short

2003Nokia Short

Blissfully Yours

2002Blissfully Yours★ 6.5

2002Second Love in Hong Kong

2001Haunted Houses

Mysterious Object at Noon

2000Mysterious Object at Noon★ 6.4

2000Boys at Noon★ 9.0

Thirdworld

1999Thirdworld★ 7.0

1999Malee and the Boy★ 9.0

1994Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves★ 7.0

19940116643225059★ 10.0

1993Bullet★ 7.0

—Jenjira, Death

—Untitled Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dreams Project

—Jenjira’s Magnificent Dream

Acting(15)

2024Le bureau qui avait peurSelf

2021Uncertain Path

2018A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong WeerasethakulSelf

Apichatpong Weerasethakul — Watchpile | Watchpile

2016Cinema FuturesSelf

2015The Legend of the Palme d'OrSelf

2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf

2014Apichatpong Weerasethakul Solo Exhibition - PHOTOPHOBIASelf

2013Past PresentSelf

2012Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant ObserverSelf

2012Mekong HotelSelf

2009Behind the Blur

1998CirculationRunner

1995Kulturzeitself