Directing
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Born April 16, 1980 · Bangkok, Thailand (age 46)
Sompot Chidgasornpongse graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from Chulalongkorn university, and an MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts. He's been working closely with Apichatpong Weerasethakul as assistant director in many films, including Tropical Malady, Syndromes and a Century, Cemetery of Splendour, and Memoria. His personal short films were shown at various …
Known For
Syndromes and a Century · 2006Syndromes and a Century
★ 6.82006
MovieDramaRomance
A story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents who were both doctors, and his memories of growing up in a hospital environment.
Memoria · 2021Memoria
★ 6.02021
MovieDramaScience Fiction
After hearing a loud 'bang' at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
9 Temples to Heaven · 20269 Temples to Heaven
★ 9.02026
MovieDramaComedy
A man takes his sick mother and nine family members on a single-day temple pilgrimage after his boss predicts she may die soon.
Cemetery of Splendor · 2015Cemetery of Splendor
★ 6.02015
MovieDramaFantasy
In a hospital, ten soldiers are being treated for a mysterious sleeping sickness. In a story in which dreams can be experienced by others, and in which goddesses can sit casually with mortals, a nurse learns the reason why the patients will never be cured, and forms a telepathic bond with one of them.
Tropical Malady · 2004Tropical Malady
★ 6.72004
MovieDramaRomance
A romance between a soldier and country boy is ruptured by the boy’s sudden disappearance. Their story turns into a mythical venture based on Thai folklore.
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period · 2008Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
2008
MovieDramaRomance
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period is a film-tract that comes to us from Thailand. It is directed by Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Weerasethakul's assistant on several of his films (including Syndromes and a Century), in reaction to the censorship of Syndromes and a Century in Thailand.
Railway Sleepers · 2017Railway Sleepers
★ 7.02017
MovieDocumentary
The first railway line in Thailand was inaugurated in 1893 – a sign of progress and prosperity. Shot over eight years on every active line of the country's railway system, this wondrous documentary offers an unprecedented immersion into the country's past and present.
Ghost of Asia · 2005Ghost of Asia
2005
Movie
Taking the recent tsunami in Asia as its starting point, the filmmakers have used the idea of a ghost seen wandering along the rocky coastline of a Thai island and, in a life-affirming gesture, they have invited some local children to direct the film for them, suggesting and filming the movements of the actor-ghost.
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Syndromes and a Century · 2006Syndromes and a Century
★ 6.82006
MovieDramaRomance
A story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents who were both doctors, and his memories of growing up in a hospital environment.
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