Prachya Pinkaew

Producer

September 2, 1962 (63 years)

Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

Biography

Prachya Pinkaew (born September 2, 1962) is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films starring Tony Jaa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Prachya Pinkaew, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.2

Ong-Bak

When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.

7.1

The Protector

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

7.3

Chocolate

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

6.5

Ong Bak 2

Tien, the son of Lord Sihadecho — a murdered nobleman — is taken under the wing of Chernang, a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut.

6.2

The Protector 2

Kham finds himself in trouble when he is accused of killing a trader. While on the run from the trader's nieces who are martial artists, Kham meets a friend who warns him of a terrorist plot.

5.9

The Bodyguard

Wong, bodyguard to a tycoon, is fired by his boss's son after he fails to save his boss. Now, the assassins are after the son, who takes refuge in a slum. Wong, meanwhile, tackles the villain's goons.

6.5

Born to Fight

When a remote Thai village is overrun by terrorists armed with a nuclear missile, an elite undercover operative leads the most unique fighting force ever assembled in a heroic bid to save their nation.

1.0

Wooden Buddha

A young female archaeologist sets out to uncover the truth behind her father's mysterious disappearance, only to find herself entangled with an ancient wooden Buddha image cursed since time immemorial—an ominous relic that no one should ever have meddled with.

5.1

Sick Nurses

At a Thai hospital, a doctor and his seven nubile nurses engage in the sale of dead bodies. Jealousy causes one of the nurses to threaten to blow the whistle on the practice, so the others murder her. Soon the spirit of the slain nurse seeks revenge.

6.4

Raging Phoenix

A young girl joins hands with a group of kung-fu masters to stop a notorious gang from abducting young women. However, the mission is compromised after they fail to locate the gang's hideout.

5.7

Power Kids

A group of friends have trained themselves in martial arts. One of the gang is in hospital so when the hospital is taken over by a group of terrorists, the kids take on the rebels.

6.7

Seven Street Fighters

In World War Il these seven soldiers marked as wanted men must join together once more to defend their country and protect their own lives.

7.3

Love of Siam

Best friends as children, Mew and Tong run into each other years later as young men and find they have unexpected feelings for each other.

4.8

15+ Coming of Age

With their teen hormones raging, three high school boys help one another explore their curiosity about the opposite sex and love in this raunchy comedy.

6.3

Dynamite Warrior

The story is set in 1890s Siam. Siang is a young Muay Thai warrior and rocketry expert who steals back water buffalo taken from poor Isan farmers by unscrupulous cattle raiders. He is searching for a man with a tattoo who killed his parents.

6.2

The Gangster

Set in 1950s and '60s Bangkok, this Thai crime drama tells the tale of Jod, a promising young gangster moving through the ranks of the city's mafia.

6.4

13: Game of Death

After losing his job, his car and his money, Phuchit, races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100 million Baht upon completion.

4.8

Threesome

Som, an ordinary young woman who works as a movie make-up artist. Her longtime live-in boyfriend Rang is also in the business. But the handsome musclebound prop guy – always wearing tight, biceps-baring vest T-shirts – captures many adoring eyes, like that slutty actress, but also his straight-acting gay boss and just about anyone else with a pulse.

4.3

Love in the Rain

One would think it's impossible for a person to get a haircut everyday, however, Nara a young high school girl, visits the hair salon on a daily basis because she is head over heels in love with Dasie the hairdresser.

3.0

August Friends

Five friends go on a road trip by bicycle from Bangkok to Lampang and experience many adventures along the way.