Chatrichalerm Yugala

What fascinates me about Yukol is the contrast: a member of Thailand's royal family who chose the gritty, hands-on grind of filmmaking over comfort. Trained at UCLA, he came home to put Thai social reality and sweeping historical epics on screen, eventually named a National Artist in 2001. I respect that he let the work speak louder than the title of Mom Chao he carries. His ambition, taking on vast, expensive period sagas, shows real nerve. To me he stands as one of the figures who pushed Thai cinema toward international visibility, and I find that quietly heroic.

Name (English)

Chatrichalerm Yugala

Name (Japanese)

チャートリーチャルーム・ユコン

Reading

ちゃーとりーちゃるーむ・ゆこん

Born

November 29, 1942 (age 83)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

Origin

Bangkok, Thailand

Occupation

film director / film producer / screenwriter

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Awards & achievements

• 2001 National Artist of Thailand

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3

Tags

• film director
• film producer
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.