
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Directing
Biography
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) A Thai film director and screenwriter best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Filmography
Acting (6)
2014
The Masteras Self
7.4
2009
4.0
2008
ตัวกู-ของกูas Self
2004
Citizen Dogas Narrator (voice)
6.8
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!as Self
8.5
Production & Directing (36)
2026
Morte CucinaWriter
5.4
2026
Morte CucinaDirector
5.4
2020
Two Little SoldiersDirector
2018
6.0
2018
Samui SongScreenplay
5.8
2018
Samui SongStory
5.8
2018
Samui SongDirector
5.8
2014
The Life of GravityDirector
3.8
2013
ParadoxocracyDirector
4.6
2011
4.2
2011
HeadshotDirector
6.1
2011
HeadshotScreenplay
6.1
2010
5.0
2009
Sawasdee BangkokDirector
3.2
2009
NymphDirector
6.0
2009
NymphScreenplay
6.0
2007
PloyDirector
6.0
2007
PloyScreenplay
6.0
2006
Invisible WavesDirector
5.9
2006
Twelve TwentyDirector
5.5
2006
6.5
2006
Twelve TwentyWriter
5.5
2006
Total BangkokDirector
2005
Ghost VarietyThanks
6.2
2003
OK BaytongEditor
6.4
2003
Last Life in the UniverseDirector
7.1
2003
Last Life in the UniverseScreenplay
7.1
2001
Transistor Love StoryDirector
6.9
2001
Transistor Love StoryScreenplay
6.9
1999
6ixtynin9Director
6.8
1999
6ixtynin9Producer
6.8
1999
6ixtynin9Screenplay
6.8
1997
Fun Bar KaraokeDirector
5.8
1997
Fun Bar KaraokeScreenplay
5.8
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The CatererDirector
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The Brotherhood of KaengkoiDirector







