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Jira Maligool
Jira Maligool ( th, จิระ มะลิกุล; ; born 1961) is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed three films, ''Mekhong Full Moon Party'', ''The Tin Mine'' and ''Seven Something'' (part 42.195), and was the screenwriter behind the international hit, ''The Iron Ladies''. Biography Early career Born in Thailand in 1961, Jira graduated in 1983 from Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Communication Arts, where he majored in film and photography. While still a student, he worked as a music video and movie commercial director. In 1991, he co-founded his own film studio, Hub Ho Hin Bangkok (later working through the subsidiary Hub Ho Hin Films). In 2003, it partnered with GMM Grammy's film division GMM Pictures and Visute Poolvoralaks' company Tai Entertainment to form GMM Tai Hub (or GTH). In 2016, he became key person for GDH 559, a film studio that was the successor to GTH. First features Jira started out in feature films as the screenwriter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, producers, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended a film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transvestite
Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. In some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional, or ceremonial reasons. The term is considered outdated in Western cultures, especially when used to describe a transgender or gender-fluid person. History Though the term was coined as late as the 1910s by Magnus Hirschfeld, the phenomenon is not new. It was referred to in the Hebrew Bible. Being part of the homosexual movement of Weimar Germany in the beginning, a first transvestite movement of its own started to form since the mid-1920s, resulting in founding first organizations and the first transvestite magazine, ''Das 3. Geschlecht''. The rise of Nazism stopped this movement from 1933 onwards. Terminology The word has undergone several changes of meaning since it was first coined and is still used in a variety of senses. Today, the term ''transvestite'' is commonly considered outdated and derogator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijja Kojew
Vijja, also known as Vidya or Vijjaka, was an 8th or 9th century Sanskrit poet from present-day India. Her verses appear in the major medieval Sanskrit anthologies. Names and identification Vijja ( IAST: Vijjā) is known by several alternative names. Vidyakara's anthology calls her Vidyā, while '' Sharngadhara-paddhati'' uses the Prakrit form Vijjakā. Vallabhadeva's anthology also calls her Vijjakā, although some of its manuscripts use the variations Vijjāka or Vijjikā. Identification with Vijayanka or Vijaya A verse, attributed to Rajashekhara in Jalhana's ''Suktimuktavali'', states: Some modern writers have identified this Vijayanka (literally "having the mark of victory") with the Vidya or Vijja (literally "knowledge" or "science") mentioned in several Sanskrit anthologies. This person is also identified with Vijaya (r. c. 650-655 CE) of the Chalukya dynasty that ruled the Karnata region in southern India. One of the verses attributed to Vijja compares her to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nithiwat Tharathorn
Nithiwat Tharatorn ( th, นิธิวัฒน์ ธราธร) is a Thai film director. He made his directorial debut alongside five other directors on the 2003 childhood romantic comedy '' Fan Chan'' (2003) and his solo debut with the romantic comedy '' Seasons Change'' in 2006. and now, he have romantic drama film '' Teacher's Diary'' in 2014. Selected filmography * '' Fan Chan'' (2003) * '' Seasons Change'' (2006) * '' Dear Galileo'' (2009) * '' Teacher's Diary'' (2014) * '' A Gift'' (segment: "Still on My Mind") (2016) External links * Nithiwat Tharathorn Nithiwat Tharathorn Nithiwat Tharathorn Living people Nithiwat Tharathorn Year of birth missing (living people) {{Thailand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songyos Sugmakanan
Songyos Sugmakanan ( th, ทรงยศ สุขมากอนันต์; ; born 20 August 1973), nicknamed Yong (), is a Thai film director and producer, best known for film and television work done with the studio GTH/GDH 559, and as CEO of its subsidiary Nadao Bangkok. Songyos graduated from Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Communication Arts, and made his directorial debut as one of the six directors of the 2003 hit '' Fan Chan'', which led to the formation of GTH. He continued to produce other works with the studio, focusing on youth dramas, including '' Dorm'' (2006), '' Hormones'' (2008), and '' The Billionaire'' (2011). In 2013, he spearheaded GTH's branching into television through the creation of '' Hormones: The Series'', which became immensely popular and initiated a wave of Thai teen dramas. He serves as CEO of the GTH/GDH 559 talent management agency Nadao Bangkok. Filmography * ''My Elephant'' (''Dore Dek Chore Chang'') (2002) - short film * '' Fan C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Chan
''Fan Chan'' ( Thai: แฟนฉัน, English: ''My Girl'') is a 2003 Thai coming-of-age romantic film offering a nostalgic look back at the childhood friendship of a boy and girl growing up in a small town in Thailand in the 1980s. It was the debut film by six young screenwriter-directors, Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, Nithiwat Tharathorn, Witthaya Thongyooyong, Anusorn Trisirikasem and Komgrit Triwimol. With a soundtrack that featured Thai pop music of the era, ''Fan Chan'' was the top domestic film at the Thailand box office in 2003, earning 140 million baht. Plot Jeab, a young man working in Bangkok, receives word that his best friend from childhood, Noi-Naa is to be married. While driving back to his hometown, the memories of his friendship with her come flooding back, and their story is told in a flashback. Jeab and Noi-Naa live in a small city somewhere in Phetchaburi in southern Thailand. Their fathers are rival barbers, with shops situated next to each other, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metrosexual (film)
''Metrosexual'' (Thai: แก๊งชะนีกับอีแอบ or ''Gaeng chanee gup ee-aep'') is a 2006 Thai romantic comedy film about four women who believe their best friend is about to marry a man who is gay. The film was directed by Yongyooth Thongkongtoon, who also directed ''The Iron Ladies''. The five female leads all co-host a daytime talk show on Thai TV Channel 3. Plot Four friends each receive phone calls to meet a fifth friend for lunch at MK Restaurant, a popular hot pot chain in Bangkok. The friends are: * Pom, a reporter for a women's magazine. * Nim, a sexual dysfunction telephone-hotline counselor. * Fai, the stingy owner of a beauty salon. * Pat, the fiancée of a retired Japanese man. They are called to the restaurant by Pang, who announces that she is planning to marry Kong, her boyfriend of three months. The four friends are surprised by the news and think maybe it is too sudden. Then Kong joins the five women for their meal. His well-groomed appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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