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Prachya Pinkaew

プラッチャヤー・ピンゲーオ　/　ぷらっちゃやー・ぴんげーお

Film director from Thailand

September 2, 1962 (age 63)　・　Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Nakhon Ratchasima
film director
screenwriter
film producer

My Take

Prachya Pinkaew is, to me, a genuine revolutionary of action cinema. By casting an unknown Tony Jaa and building Ong-Bak and Tom-Yum-Goong around raw, wire-free, CGI-free Muay Thai, he reminded a Hollywood drunk on digital spectacle what the human body can actually do on screen. The single-take stairwell sequence in Tom-Yum-Goong still gives me chills. From Nakhon Ratchasima, he put Thai cinema firmly on the world map and proved that authenticity can hit harder than any effects budget. I have enormous respect for filmmakers who bet everything on physical craft, and he bet bigger than most.

Overview

Prachya Pinkaew (Thai: ปรัชญา ปิ่นแก้ว; RTGS: Pratya Pinkaeo; born September 2, 1962) is a Thai filmmaker. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films starring Tony Jaa.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Prachya Pinkaew
Name (Japanese): プラッチャヤー・ピンゲーオ
Reading: ぷらっちゃやー・ぴんげーお
Born: September 2, 1962 (age 63)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Tiger
Origin: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / film producer

2. Background

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Junior high: Private
High school: Private
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3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

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