Lee Chatametikool ( th, ลี ชาตะเมธีกุล) is a Thai

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edit ...

and sound editor. He is a frequent collaborator with

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, ...

and other Thai

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directors, but has also worked on commercial films, including the hit Thai horror film, '' Shutter''. Lee studied filmmaking in the

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. He has been active since 1999, when he directed a short film, ''Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams'' (''Muang maya, krung tida''). The film was the runner-up winner of the

Rattana Pestonji Rattana Pestonji ( th, รัตน์ เปสตันยี; ) was a Thai film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer and is regarded as the father of contemporary Thai film. Although his filmography was brief, his films placed ...

Award for Best Thai Short Film at the 2000

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. He has worked with Apichatpong Weerasethakul on five films: ''

Blissfully Yours ''Blissfully Yours'' ( th, สุดเสน่หา, S̄ud s̄aǹeh̄ā) is a 2002 Thai romance film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It won the prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Min is an illegal Burmese immigrant living in ...

'', ''

Tropical Malady ''Tropical Malady'' (สัตว์ประหลาด RTGS: ''Satpralat''; lit. "monster") is a 2004 Thai romantic psychological drama art film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film has a bifurcated structure; it is se ...

'', ''

Syndromes and a Century ''Syndromes and a Century'' ( th, แสงศตวรรษ ''S̄æng ṣ̄atawǎat'', literally ''Light of the Century'') is a 2006 Thai drama film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film was among the works commissioned for ...

'', ''

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ''Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives'' ( th, ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ; ) is a 2010 Thai drama film written, produced, and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film, which explores themes of reincarnation, ...

'' and ''

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''. At the inaugural Asian Film Awards in 2007 in Hong Kong, Lee won the Best Editor award for ''Syndromes and a Century''. In 2002, Lee founded his own

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company, Houdini Studio.

Filmography

As director

* ''Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams'' (''Muang maya, krung tida'', 1999) * ''Concrete Clouds, ภวังค์รัก'' (2013)

As film editor

* ''

'' (2002) * ''

One Night Husband ''One Night Husband'' ( th, คืนไร้เงา or ''Kuen rai ngao'') is a 2003 Thai thriller film directed by Pimpaka Towira and co-written by Pimpaka and Prabda Yoon. It was the debut feature film for Pimpaka, an independent film dir ...

'' (2003) * '' Sayew (2003) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Shutter'' (2004) * ''

Midnight My Love ''Midnight My Love'' ( th, เฉิ่ม or ''Cherm'', literally "old-fashioned person") is a 2005 Thai romantic drama film written and directed by Kongdej Jaturanrasamee and starring Petchtai Wongkamlao and Woranut Wongsawan. The film features ...

'' (2005) * ''

Ghost of Mae Nak ''Ghost of Mae Nak'' ( th, นาค รักแท้/วิญญาณ/ความตาย) is a 2005 Thai horror film thriller about a protecting ghost directed and written by British director Mark Duffield. The film stars Pataratida P ...

'' (2005, contributing) * ''

The Elephant King ''The Elephant King'' is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by Seth Grossman. Story It is about a depressed teenager who wants to write a story about an anthropologist in Thailand. The anthropologist character is inspired by his older brother w ...

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

'' (2006) * '' The Sperm'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

Cemetery of Splendour ''Cemetery of Splendour'' ( th, Rak Ti Khon Kaen) is a 2015 Thai drama film written, produced, and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The plot revolves around a spreading epidemic of sleeping sickness where spirits appear to the stricken and ...

'' (2015) *''

Pop Aye ''Pop Aye'' is a 2017 Singaporean-Thai drama film directed by Kirsten Tan. A debut feature by Tan, the road film tells the story of a man as he tries to take his long-lost elephant back to their rural hometown. The first Singaporean film select ...

'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' The Cave'' (2019) * ''

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash ''Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash'' is the third novel by Eka Kurniawan which was originally published in Indonesian by Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2014 as ''Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas''. Following international recognitio ...

'' (2021) * '' Yuni'' (2021) * ''Memoria'' (2021)

As sound editor

* ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2003) * '' Sayew (2003) * ''

'' (2004)

As post-production supervisor

* ''

Invisible Waves ''Invisible Waves'' ( th, คำพิพากษาของมหาสมุทร) is a 2006 crime film by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, with screenplay by Prabda Yoon, cinematography by Christopher Doyle, and starring Tadanobu Asano – ...

'' (2005)

External links

Houdini Studio
Lee Chatametikool's post-production company *
Lee Chatametikool interview
at

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from the 2007

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Lee Chatametikool Lee Chatametikool ( th, ลี ชาตะเมธีกุล) is a Thai film editor and sound editor. He is a frequent collaborator with Apichatpong Weerasethakul and other Thai independent directors, but has also worked on commercial films, i ...

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