Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit is a veteran Thai filmmaker, screenwriter, and commercial director. His debut feature, 36 (2012), won the New Currents Award at the 17th Busan International Film Festival. He gained wider recognition with Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013), a Biennale College Cinema project that premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. His subsequent works include Heart Attack (2015), which won Best Picture at the Thailand National Film Awards; Die Tomorrow (2017), which screened in the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival; and Happy Old Year (2019), which won Best Picture at the Osaka Asian Film Festival and was Thailand’s official Oscar submission. Thamrongrattanarit seamlessly moves between studio and independent filmmaking.
His latest film, Human Resource (2025), was selected for the Orizzonti competition at the Venice International Film Festival.
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