Chookiat Sakveerakul | |
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) Chookiat at the premiere of The Love of Siam in November 2007 | |
| Born | 1981 Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Other names | Ma-Deaw, Matthew |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Chookiat Sakveerakul (Thai: ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล, RTGS: Chukiat Sakwirakun), born 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is also credited as Ma-Deaw Chukiatsakwirakul or Matthew Chukiat Sakwirakul.
Chookiat's first feature-length film was an ensemble drama, The Passenger of Li, which was an independent production. His next film was Pisaj, a 2004 horror film produced by Sahamongkol Film International. Chookiat garnered critical acclaim for this next film, 13 Beloved, a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won several awards in Thailand and from film festivals.[1]
He graduated from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.
Filmography
Writer
- Body (Co-writer with Paween Purikitpanya) (2007)
- Chocolate (Co-writer with Nepalee Sakveerakul) (2008)
Director
- 4 Romance (Segment "Dream/Fun" ) (2008)
Writer & Director
- The Passenger of Li
- Pisaj (Evil) (2004)
- 13 Beloved (2006)
- The Love of Siam (2007)
- Home: Love, Happiness, Remembrance (2012)
- Grean Fictions (2013)
- The Eyes Diary (2014)
- Dew, Let's Go Together (2019)
References
- ^ "Chookiat's Game Reflects Thai Social Issues", Bioscope Focus (Bangkok International Film Festival), p. 5, 2007-07-23
External links
- Chukiat Sakweerakul at IMDb