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Nattawut Poonpiriya

Nattawut Poonpiriya

Directing

Biography

Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya (Thai: นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ, born 1981) is a Thai director, working extensively on television commercials and music videos, but best known for the thriller films Countdown and Bad Genius. Nattawut graduated Master of Fine Arts in stage directing from Srinakharinwirot University. After graduating, he worked mainly on television commercials for three years before moving to New York to study graphic design at Pratt Institute. He returned to Thailand in 2011, and worked as a music video director before directing his first feature film, the horror thriller Countdown, for GTH in 2012. The film won three categories at the Suphannahong National Film Awards. Nattawut then made a hiatus from feature films to focus again on advertising. His second feature, Bad Genius, was released in 2017, and won a record-breaking twelve categories at the awards.

Known For

Thai Cave Rescue
7.6

A Thai youth soccer team and their assistant coach are trapped within Tham Luang Cave, prompting a global rescue effort.

Thai Cave Rescue

2022
Gohan
8.8

The bonds between humans and animals following a stray dog named Gohan as it moves through life with temporary owners over a decade, through good times and bad times, joy and sorrow, hellos and goodbyes.

Gohan

2026
Bad Genius
7.9

Lynn, a brilliant student, after helping her friends to get the grades they need, develops the idea of starting a much bigger exam-cheating business.

Bad Genius

2017
Seven Something
5.9

Three modern love stories focus on how digital privacy, fleeting fame and the power of personal reinvention can change one's romantic destiny.

Seven Something

2012
One for the Road
6.9

Boss, an elusive bar owner living in New York, reunites with his estranged best friend, Aood, for a roadtrip in Thailand after Aood has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

One for the Road

2022
Not Friends
7.2

A group of high school students who dream of making films set out to make a short film based on the life of a classmate. However, they discover a secret that could change their vision of filmmaking forever.

Not Friends

2023
Countdown
5.9

Three Thai teenagers plan the New Year's party of their lives by calling a drug dealer to drop drugs off at their apartment. They have no idea the drug dealer's visit will change their lives forever.

Countdown

2012
i STORIES
3.3

i STORIES tells the separate tales of a transgender woman, a bisexual woman, a gay man, and a lesbian, who all share the name "i."

i STORIES

2018
The Library
6.5

Jim falls in love with Ann who works at a library at first sight. The only obstacle for his love is the library's rule - "Keep Quiet." So he writes down his feeling for her in the books he borrows. Unfortunately, Ann never realizes what he does until one day she accidentally sees his messages but Jim doesn't show up at the library anymore with unknown reasons. How will this love end - in laughter or tears?

The Library

2013
Present Perfect
8.1

The movie centers on a young hipster girl who loves to party. One day, she has to deal with taking care of naughty niece that she has never met before and on top of it all, she is trying to sort out her past love that could somehow affect her future.

Present Perfect

2014
Zi Mui
9.5

In hopes to wake their father up, the sisters, Abb and May, set off on a journey in search of their father's past love. With such a drastic difference in personality, the sisters each take matters into their own hands to find her.

Zi Mui

2023
REUNION
N/A

A slow-burn drama about a long lost friends, who meet again by accident in one quiet afternoon. after a small talk about what they have been through in life-the tension between the two of them slowly rising up as the movie finally reveal a dark secret that happened with their relationship in the past.

REUNION

2015
Girlhattan
N/A

Small moments may become the greatest gift.

Girlhattan

2017
The Misbehavers
N/A

Three Thai friends spend an evening with a dealer, hoping to have a blast but they end up getting a little bit more than what they ask for...

The Misbehavers

2010
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N/A

The drama thriller is inspired by the true story of a former Thai snooker prodigy who once stood among the world’s elite yet remains bound by the lifelong debt owed to his family.

The Untitled Snooker

The Reels Deal
N/A

The thrilling mission of the film delivery.

The Reels Deal

2021