Thunska Pansittivorakul ( th, ธัญสก พันสิทธิวรกุล), born October 22, 1973, is a Thai

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Biography

Thunska Pansittivorakul was born in Bangkok in 1973. He graduated from the Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education of

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

. He used to be a columnist of many magazines including Thai:Film Quarterly and a day. His

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s, documentaries and feature films were screened in over 100 international film festivals, including

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental fi ...

Hong Kong International Film Festival The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), is one of Asia’s oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies, filmmakers from different countries in Hong Kong. HKIFF screens around 230 films ...

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, etc. He won the Grand Prize award at The 4th Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2004 for his documentary feature 'Happy Berry'. His 'Heartbreak Pavilion' project won the Top Award from Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) at The 10th

Pusan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...

2005. In 2007 during

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

's regime, he received the

Silpathorn Award The Silpathorn Award, th, รางวัลศิลปาธร, is an honour for living Thailand, Thai contemporary artists presented annually by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture of Thailand. The awards were estab ...

from The Ministry of Culture's Office of Contemporary Arts, which is awarded to one outstanding artist each year. The past honorees in the field of film include Pen-Ek Ratanaruang,

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, ...

Wisit Sasanatieng Wisit Sasanatieng ( th, วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง; ; born June 28, 1963) is a Thai film director and screenwriter of Chinese descent. Best known for his colourful debut feature film, ''Tears of the Black Tiger'', he is ...

, etc. Thunska is a special instructor at Film Department of

Bangkok University University (BU; th, มหาวิทยาลัยกรุงเทพ; ), commonly known as Mo Krung Thep ( th, มอกรุงเทพ), has operated since 1962, is one of the oldest and largest private, non-profit universities in ...

. He is currently penning columns fo
Bioscope magazine
In an interview, he discussed his decision to withhold his films from Thai release: "I decided not to show any of my films in Thailand."

Filmography

Feature films

*''Voodoo Girls'' (2002) *''Happy Berry'' (2004) *''This Area is under Quarantine'' (2008) *''Reincarnate'' (2010) *''The Terrorists'' (2011) *''Supernatural'' (2014)

Short films

*''Private Life'' (2000) *''Love Sickness'' (2000) *''...for Shiw Ping 28/12/97'' (2000) *''Sigh'' (2001) *''Chemistry'' (2003) *''Unseen Bangkok'' (2004) *''Vous vous soviens de moi?'' (2005) *''Life Show'' (2005) *''After Shock'' (2005, for ''Tsunami Digital Short Films'' project) *''Out of Control'' (2006) *''You Are Where I Belong To'' (2006) *''Middle-earth'' (2007) *''Action!'' (2008) *''Soak'' (2008)

Music videos

*''Blind Spot'' (2007, for Soundlanding)

References

External links

thunska.com

ThaiIndie.com
* * Hunt, Matthew (October 2012
Thai Movie Censorship
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