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Krissada Terrence
Krissada Sukosol Clapp (also known as Krissada Terrence, Noi S. Clapp or Noi Pru; born December 26, 1970) is a Thai pop singer, actor and a member of the Thai pop band Pru. His film roles include '' Bangkok Loco'', '' The Adventure of Iron Pussy'' and '' 13 Beloved''. Early life Clapp was born to an American father, Terrence H. Clapp, and a Thai mother, Kamala Sukosol, a jazz singer and heiress of the Siam City Hotels and Resorts chain. He studied anthropology at Boston University and waited tables in New York City while auditioning for theater roles. Career Music In 2001, he formed the band Pru with his older brother, guitarist-producer Kamol Sukosol. The band releases records on BEC-TERO's Bakery Music label, distributed through BMG Sony Music Entertainment (Thailand). Pru received the favorite band (Thailand) award at the 2002 MTV Asia Awards. The band built its reputation on its live shows, which feature the lanky, active Noi as lead singer. He dances athletically around t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Shaowanasai
Michael Shaowanasai ( th, ไมเคิล เชาวนาศัย) (born 1964) is a Thai-American artist and actor who lives in Bangkok, Thailand. His works includes performance art, photography, video, film and installations. Openly gay, his works are often provocative, such as photographic portrait of himself as a Buddhist monk made up to look like a woman. Active as an artist since 1997, his works have featured in international exhibitions since 1999, and his work is held in major collections. Early life and education Shaowanasai was born in 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He graduated from School of Law at Chulalongkorn University in 1985, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at San Francisco Art Institute (which included filmmaking) in 1994 and a Master of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996. Career Shaowanasai is a founding member of Project 304, a contemporary art group based in Bangkok. Their work included the installatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Births
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Khun Pan
''Khun Pan'' ( th, ขุนพันธ์, ) is a Thai action fantasy thriller film released in 2016 based on the life story of Police Major General Khun Pantharak Ratchadet. The legendary sorcerer police officer, starring Ananda Everingham and Krissada Sukosol Clapp, directed by Kongkiat Khomsiri, had the sequel is ''Khun Pan 2''. Plot Year 1940, after successfully defeating Suea Krab Khamthong, the famous sorcerer thief, Police Lieutenant Khun Pantharak Ratchadet (Ananda Everingham) received a mission from Luang Adul (Santi Lun-pae), who was the Royal Police Director-general at the time to, investigate news of Al Hawi Yalu (inspired from, Awaesador Talae, another famous sorcerer thief) a separatist sorcerer thief, the owner of the "tripartite" of rare 3 things believed to have magical powers. Khun Pan infiltrates a fishing village headed by Khai Tho and works in the ivory club of Luang Ohran, a corrupt civil servant who deceives Al Hawi Yalu for personal gain, Al Hawi Yalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antapal
''The Gangster'' ( th, อันธพาล, Anthaphan) is a 2012 Sahamongkol's Thai drama action film directed and written by Kongkiat Khomsiri. Synopsis Bangkok in the 1950s, from Salak Hin lane in Hua Lamphong neighborhood to the seven-storey building in Yaowarat and Wongwian Yi Sip Song Karakadakhom (July 22 Circle), they were under the gang of Thai Chinese mafia called "Four Kings". Jod and Dang are the young men who goodfriend each other. Especially Dang is a leader and he is very respected among teenagers. They are in a gang by elder members as bosses, but one day Dang also suffered from a fatal car accident. After the coup (1957 coup by Sarit Thanarat) the new government has a policy to get rid of the gangs. As a result, these gang mafia scattered and Jod to fights with who are his former friends and his boss. Cast *Krissada Sukosol Clapp as Jod/ Jod Howdy *Somchai Kemglad as Dang/ Dang Bireley *Sakarin Suthamsamai as Thong *Krisada Supapprom as Piak *Nantharat Chaow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happiness Of Kati
''The Happiness of Kati'' (ความสุขของกะทิ) is a novel written by Ngarmpun Vejjajiva, for which she received the S.E.A. Write Award for Thailand in 2006. The book was adapted into in 2009. Synopsis ''The Happiness of Kati'' is the story of a nine-year-old girl who lives with her grandparents in a house near a river. She has a happy and simple life. One day her grandmother asks Kati if she would like to go to visit her mother who is very ill, with motor neuron disease. She reveals that her mother has been suffering with this condition for many years. Kati agrees and travels to the house near the sea to spend some time with her mother. During her stay there, she comes to learn why her mother sent her to her grandparents and discovers that she has to meet her father whom she never knew. In a few days, Kati's mother dies away. After her funeral, Kati travels to her house in town where she finds boxes in which her mom had collected everything since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok Critics Assembly
The Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards is a film award based in Thailand. It is given by the Bangkok Critics Assembly ( th, ชมรมวิจารณ์บันเทิง, ), an association of professional film critics, to local feature film productions on an annual basis. The first ceremony was held in 1991 for films released in 1990, with awards in eleven categories. Two more categories and a lifetime achievement award have since been added. The awards are decided by a regular panel of judges, and is considered one of the most prestigious in the Thai cinema industry. The ceremony is usually low-key and informal, and is often compared and contrasted to the red-carpet Suphannahong National Film Awards The Suphannahong National Film Awards ( th, รางวัลภาพยนตร์แห่งชาติ สุพรรณหงส์, also known as the Thailand National Film Association Awards) is the primary film award of the Thai film .... References {{reflist Thai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starpics Awards
The cinema of Thailand dates back to the History of film, early days of filmmaking, when Chulalongkorn, King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by François-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. The film was then brought to Bangkok, where it was exhibited. This sparked more interest in film by the Thai Royal Family and local businessmen, who brought in filmmaking equipment and started to exhibit foreign films. By the 1920s, a local film industry was started and in the 1930s, the Thailand, Thai film industry had its first "golden age", with a number of studios producing films. The years after the Second World War saw a resurgence of the industry, which used 16 mm film to produce hundreds of films, many of them hard-driving action films. The most notable action filmmaker in the 1970s was Chalong Pakdivijit. Known internationally as P. Chalong or Philip Chalong, Chalong became the first Thai director who could successfully break into the international market and made a prof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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