Nonzee Nimibutr

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Nonzee Nimibutr
นนทรีย์ นิมิบุตร
Nonthaburi, Thailand
EducationSilpakorn University
Occupations
Notable work

Nonzee Nimibutr (

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul
.

Biography

Education

Nonzee is a relative of Lieutenant General Phachoen Nimitbutr (เผชิญ นิมิบุตร), Director of the Signal Department of the

music videos
.

First films

He made his feature-film debut with 1997's Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters, with a screenplay by Wisit Sasanatieng. The story was set in 1956 in Bangkok and follows the adventures of a gang of young criminals, with the action showing the influence of John Woo films. It was named best picture at the Thailand National Film Awards and was nominated for a Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

His next film was Nang Nak, a thriller based on a popular Thai ghost story, also scripted by Wisit. A famous ghost story that has been depicted in many Thai films and television series, the story is about a husband comes home from war and takes up living with his wife and newborn son who, unbeknownst to him, have died while he was away. The moodily framed

Thailand National Film Awards
.

Both Young Gangsters and Nang Nak were hits at the box office and were credited with reinvigorating the Thai film industry.

Pan-Asian production

With his third film, Jan Dara, Nonzee began a trend of pan-Asian film production in the Thai industry, bringing in Hong Kong actress Christy Chung to star in the erotic drama. He also sought funding from studios outside Thailand.

Ahead of its release, Jan Dara was controversial because its sexual subject matter, involving incest, rape and abortion, tested the bounds of Thailand's 1930 Censorship Code. The film was released with the board's cuts for the film's commercial run in Thailand, but it was available uncut for film festivals.

Nonzee also became quite active as a producer, putting his name on such films as

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang's Monrak Transistor
.

He co-founded his own production company, Cinemasia, with his production partner, Duangkamol Limcharoen. She died in 2003.

Continuing on his path of pan-Asian production, Nonzee initiated the horror trilogy,

Kim Ji-Woon
, each directed a segment.

Recent work

While keeping busy as a producer, he directed 2003's

Muslim-dominated southern Thailand
to attend to the affairs of his sister, who was killed in a train bombing.

In 2005, he directed a short film, The Ceiling for the Asian Film Academy, in conjunction with the

Pusan International Film Festival. The 18-minute, English-language film starred South Korean actors is the story of a young writer who climbs into the crawlspace above her apartment and spies on the woman living next door.[1]

His next film,

Kerd ma lui, Jesdaporn Pholdee, Winai Kraibutr and Sorapong Chatree.[3]

Another film mentioned as being in development by Nonzee is a ghost thriller, Toyol, a Singaporean co-production about a pair of Hong Kong children who move with their father to Bangkok and are introduced to a stepmother they do not like, in a house that has some problems, namely, the toyol.[4]

He's also produced Noo Hin: The Movie, a live-action adaptation of the popular Thai comic book (or manga) by Padung Kraisri, about a plucky Isan woman who works as a maid in a middle class urban Thai home.[5]

In 2008, Nonzee became the fifth filmmaker to be honored with the Thailand Culture Ministry's Silpathorn Award, an honor previously bestowed on Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Wisit Sasanatieng and Thunska Pansittivorakul.[6]

Filmography

Director

Producer

References

Notes

  1. ^ ThaiCinema.org, "Nonzee Will Teach Filmmaking in Korea" Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, October 8, 2005.
  2. ^ Rithdee, Kong. August 18, 2006. "Southern epic", Bangkok Post (retrieved August 18, 2006).
  3. ^ Pajee, Parinyaporn and Thoopkrajae, Veena (December 22, 2005). "Lights, camera, lots of action" Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, The Nation. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
  4. ^ "Project 21" (2006) Hong Kong Filmart[permanent dead link]. Retrieved February 16, 2006.
  5. ^ Book Talk (February 17, 2005)."Maid in Thailand" Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, The Nation. Retrieved December 29, 2005.
  6. ^ Phataranawanik, Phatarawadee (2008-08-06). "National treasures". Daily Xpress. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2008-08-08.

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