Directing

Sophon Sakdaphisit

Born March 22, 1982 · Bangkok, Thailand (age 44)

Sophon Sakdapisit, nicknamed Jim, is a Thai director and screenwriter under GDH 559. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication Radio and Television at Faculty of Communication Arts from Chulalongkorn University.

Known For

Shutter

Shutter · 2004

MovieHorrorMystery

When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.

Home for Rent

Home for Rent · 2023

MovieHorrorThriller

When her good tenants go bad, a landlord finds herself terrorized by a cult that seemingly has her husband enthralled — and her daughter in its sights.

Coming Soon

Coming Soon · 2008

MovieHorrorThriller

Two projectionists discover a disturbing film featuring the lynching of a woman. Not only are they troubled by the content of the movie, but strange events befall them following the viewing.

Perumahan Laddaland

Perumahan Laddaland · 2026

Perumahan Laddaland

MovieDramaHorror

A devoted father’s dream of providing a better life for his family turns into a living nightmare when their newly purchased suburban home becomes the target of escalating supernatural terror and dark neighborhood secrets.

Phobia 2

Phobia 2 · 2009

MovieThrillerHorror

An anthology of five macabre short stories about hungry ghosts, comatose brain dead, a group of bright-eyed actors, an unscrupulous car salesman, and careless backpack tourists.

Laddaland

Laddaland · 2011

MovieHorrorDrama

A family moves into a neighborhood where they encounter a series of terrifying paranormal events that lead them to the edge of sanity.

The Promise

The Promise · 2017

MovieDramaHorror

Ib and Boum decide to commit suicide together in Bangkok in 1997. After reneging on the promise, the vengeful ghost of Ib returns 20 years later to haunt Boum and her 15 year old daughter, Bell.

Alone

MovieHorrorMystery

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

Filmography

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Shutter

Shutter · 2004

MovieHorrorMystery

When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.

Screenplay

Home for Rent

Home for Rent · 2023

MovieHorrorThriller

When her good tenants go bad, a landlord finds herself terrorized by a cult that seemingly has her husband enthralled — and her daughter in its sights.

Director

Coming Soon

Coming Soon · 2008

MovieHorrorThriller

Two projectionists discover a disturbing film featuring the lynching of a woman. Not only are they troubled by the content of the movie, but strange events befall them following the viewing.

Writer

Perumahan Laddaland

Perumahan Laddaland · 2026

Perumahan Laddaland

MovieDramaHorror

A devoted father’s dream of providing a better life for his family turns into a living nightmare when their newly purchased suburban home becomes the target of escalating supernatural terror and dark neighborhood secrets.

Original Film Writer

Phobia 2

Phobia 2 · 2009

MovieThrillerHorror

An anthology of five macabre short stories about hungry ghosts, comatose brain dead, a group of bright-eyed actors, an unscrupulous car salesman, and careless backpack tourists.

Screenplay

Laddaland

Laddaland · 2011

MovieHorrorDrama

A family moves into a neighborhood where they encounter a series of terrifying paranormal events that lead them to the edge of sanity.

Screenplay

The Promise

The Promise · 2017

MovieDramaHorror

Ib and Boum decide to commit suicide together in Bangkok in 1997. After reneging on the promise, the vengeful ghost of Ib returns 20 years later to haunt Boum and her 15 year old daughter, Bell.

Screenplay

Alone

MovieHorrorMystery

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

Screenplay

The Swimmers

The Swimmers · 2014

MovieDramaHorror

After falling pregnant to her boyfriend's best friend, a young woman commits suicide. She returns to haunt her unborn child's father while her friend seeks revenge on the person who drove her to her fate.

Screenplay

4bia

MovieHorrorThriller

Four directors create short films based on unique fears involving a lonely woman, a princess's corpse, a haunted camping trip and a cursed manuscript.

Screenplay

Shutter

Shutter · 2025

MovieHorrorMystery

After a senior analog photographer discovers the spectral image of a former college student haunting his photos and coming to life, his girlfriend investigates the phantom, uncovering a horrific past crime that is now claiming his friends' lives one by one.

Original Film Writer

Makhin

MovieDramaHorror

A short film prequel to the "Laddaland".

Director

Your Choices

Your Choices · 2011

MovieThrillerDrama

Writer

The Stranded

The Stranded · 2019

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Trapped on an island destroyed by a tsunami, the students of an elite school try to hold on to hope. But mysterious forces seem to work against them.

Director

ThirTEEN Terrors

ThirTEEN Terrors · 2014

ThirTEEN Terrors

SeriesDramaMystery

Every school has a past that people want to be concealed. There are things that happened that people don't want to talk about. There are students whom people want to forget. And there are secrets waiting for the day that they're revealed.

Director