Tanit Jitnukul ( Thai: ธนิตย์ จิตนุกูล, born in 1956 in Songkhla Province,

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, screenwriter and producer. Among his films is the 2000 historical battle epic, '' Bang Rajan''. His nickname is "Pued" (ปืีด).

Biography

Tanit graduated from Siam Vocational School. He started in the movie business as a film-poster artist. In 1985 he was the co-director on ''Suem Noi Noi Galon Mark Noi'' ("Happy Go Lucky") with Adirek Wattaleela, better known in Thailand simply as "Uncle". Uncle would go on to produce ''Bangrajan''. Tanit made his name doing historical battle epics and directing a string of them; ''Bang Rajan'', ''Legend of the Warlord'' and ''Sema: Warrior of Ayutthaya''. He has however worked in many genres including horrors (''Art of the Devil'' and ''Narok''), crime-action (''102 Bangkok Robbery'') and comedy (''Andaman Girl''). He won best director honors at the Thailand National Film Awards for '' Bang Rajan''. The film was also screened at the 2000

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, where it was placed second in the international competition. ''Bang Rajan'' was later "presented" by Oliver Stone in a theatrical release in the

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Filmography

Director

* ''Suem Noi Noi Galon Mark Noi''(''Happy-Go-Lucky'') (

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) * ''Happy-Go-Lucky 2'' (

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

) * ''Magic Moon'' (

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

) * ''Love Affaire'' (

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

) * ''Seua Jone Phan Seua'' (''Crime King'') (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

) * ''Hello Countryside'' (

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

) * '' Bang Rajan'' (

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

) * ''Kun pan'' (''Legend of the Warlord'') ( 2002) * ''Khunsuk'' (''Sema: Warrior of Ayutthaya'') ( 2003) * ''Khon len khong'' (''Art of the Devil'') * ''102 piit krungthep plon'' (''102 Bangkok Robbery'') ( 2004) * ''The Lord of Ayuthaya'' (''Jao Tak'') (2004;

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) * ''Jee'' (''Andaman Girl'') ( 2005)) * ''Narok'' (''Hell'') (2005) * ''Hak yae'' (''Black Night'', segment ''The Lost Memory'') ( 2006) * ''Ghost in Law'' (2008; co-director) * ''First Flight'' (2008) * ''Bang Rajan 2'' ( 2010) * '' Ghost Day'' (2012)

Producer

* '' Muay Thai Chaiya'' ( 2007) * ''Jee'' (''Andaman Girl'') ( 2005) * ''Narok'' (''Hell'') (2005) * ''14 tula, songkram prachachon'' (''The Moonhunter'') ( 2001) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Ghost Day'' (2012)

Screenwriter

* '' Bang Rajan'' (

) * ''Hak yae'' (''Black Night'') ( 2006) * '' Ghost Day'' (2012)

Actor

* '' Sum muepuen'' ('' Hit Man File'') ( 2005) * '' Me ... Myself'' (2007)

External links

*
Tanit Jitnukul at the Thai Film Database
1956 births Living people Tanit Jitnukul Tanit Jitnukul Tanit Jitnukul Tanit Jitnukul {{Thailand-film-director-stub