Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Tom Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

  • Name: Tom Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
  • Native name: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง
  • Also Known as: Pen-ek Rattanarueang, Tom Pannet
  • Nationality: Thai
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 8, 1962
  • Age: 63
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, nicknamed Tom, is a Thai screenwriter and film director. He studied in New York from 1977-1985. Upon returning to Thailand, he worked at the Film Factory with fellow director Wisit Sasanatieng. His film debut came in 1997 with the release of "Fun Bar Karaoke". At Film Factory, Pen-Ek made several television commercials, for which he won numerous awards, including a bronze medal at the 1997 Cannes Lion Awards for a Clairol anti-dandruff shampoo spot entitled "Dance".

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Director
Year Title Type Rating
TBA Lublae Khaeng Khoi
Movie
0.0
2014 The Life of Gravity
Movie
8.0
2013 Paradoxocracy
Movie
7.6
2009 Sawasdee Bangkok
Movie
4.0
2006 Invisible Waves
Movie
6.7
2006 Twelve Twenty
Movie
7.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2025 Morte Cucina
Movie
0.0
2023 6ixtynin9
Drama
7.1
2017 Samui Song
Movie
7.2
2011 Headshot
Movie
6.6
2009 Nymph
Movie
7.3
2007 Ploy
Movie
6.6
2003 Last Life in the Universe
Movie
7.2
2001 Transistor Love Story
Movie
7.7
1999 6ixtynin9
Movie
7.4
1997 Fun Bar Karaoke
Movie
7.3
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2023 6ixtynin9
Thai Drama, 2023, 6 eps
[Advertising client] (Ep. 2) (Guest Role)
6
[Advertising client] (Ep. 2)
Guest Role
7.1
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2023 Remembering Fan Chan: Dream a Dream Again
Thai Movie, 2023,
[Himself] (Unknown)
[Himself]
Unknown
0.0
2014 The Master
Thai Movie, 2014,
[Himself] (Main Role)
[Himself]
Main Role
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2018 Folklore: Pob
Special
6.5
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  • First Name: Pen-Ek
  • Family Name: Ratanaruang
  • Native name: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง
  • Also Known as: Pen-ek Rattanarueang, Tom Pannet
  • Nationality: Thai
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 8, 1962
  • Age: 63

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