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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Dreamlike Thai cinema, including the Palme d’Or-winning Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.
Tropical Malady · Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
- Born
- 16 July 1970
- Birthplace
- Bangkok, Thailand
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a Thai filmmaker and visual artist whose films move between everyday life, dreams and spiritual experience.
Early life
Khon Kaen upbringing
He grew up in northeastern Thailand, where both parents worked as doctors.
Architecture and film
He studied architecture at Khon Kaen University and filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Career
- 1990s
Short films
He began making experimental films and established Kick the Machine.
- 2000
Feature debut
Mysterious Object at Noon joined documentary encounters with collective storytelling.
- 2000s onward
International art and cinema
Festival films developed alongside installations and gallery work.
Selected work
Tropical Malady
A love story transforms into a mysterious jungle encounter.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
A dying man encounters family, spirits and memories.
Memoria
A woman in Colombia is troubled by a sound she cannot explain.
Beyond work
Gallery work
His installations and moving-image projects have appeared in international exhibitions.
Regional memory
Projects such as Primitive investigate places and histories in northeastern Thailand.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biographical dates and identifiers ↗Cannes: Palme d’Or 2010 ↗Photo: Parichart. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
