
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Directing
Biography
Ekachai Uekrongtham is a director of film and theatre, producer and screenwriter. He was recognized by Asia Week magazine as one of the 20 Asian leaders of the millennium in the arts, culture and society. Ekachai has directed films such as 'Beautiful Boxer', relased in 2003, which received two Suphannahong National Film Awards and 12 other international film festivals around the world. He is also a film director for 'Pleasure Factory' which was honored at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and has directed other films such as 'The Coffin' and The Wedding Game. He won 'Best Original Screenplay' by his work in 'Bangkok Love Stories 2: Plead' at 24th Asian Television Award. In the theather, Ekachai founded the 'Action Theatre', one of Singapore's leading private theatres, having won the Excellence for Singapore Award. In the United States, Europe and Asia, there are outstanding works such as Chang & Eng (The Musical), Corporate Animals, Autumn Tomyam. Ekachai also served as the head of Sir Cameron Macintosh's Singapore office, the creator of the world-famous musical The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. In addition Ekachai is also Creator and Managing Director of Bravo Studios, under the GMM Grammy Group' (GMM Grammy), which has been working with Netflix producing dramas.
Known For

A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
Girl from Nowhere

In 1970s Thailand, a dermatologist unexpectedly starts a mass sexual awakening after becoming Doctor Climax, a taboo-defying newspaper columnist.
Doctor Climax

After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Skin Trade

Ray is an intern with a special ability to see the true identity of his boss, Rin, who everybody considers evil. However, he'll do everything to win her heart.
Intern in My Heart

In the bustling streets and back alleys of Jakarta, a parallel world of bloodthirsty creatures from Indonesian mythology has lived alongside humans for generations. Taking on the appearance of humans themselves, the true identity of these "Demit" has been carefully concealed for centuries by a powerful family of mortals. The arrival of a mysterious supernatural event known only as the Gift will bring this hidden world to the surface. As the day of the Gift approaches, a young street artist named Sarah unexpectedly finds herself in the eye of the storm. Once the Demit realize who Sarah really is, and what she must do, humans and Demit are set on a collision course that could change the balance of their two worlds forever.
Halfworlds

From a teenage parkour enthusiast to a bawdy restaurateur, an eclectic group of characters find romance in Bangkok's glittering Silom district.
Bangkok Love Stories: Innocence

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.
The Stranded

When a blind fortune teller decides to love a confident girl, who doesn't believe in fate, even the horoscope of both will be very strongly, that may cause his fate to be absent...
Bangkok Love Stories: Plead

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Melodies of Life

Five down-on-their-luck strangers must band together to steal back winning lottery tickets worth millions from a wicked mafia boss.
The Lost Lotteries

In the year 2200, Naoki and Mayumi live in a luxurious floating residence in space. Outwardly the perfect couple, Naoki secretly seeks revenge on his wife and transforms her into an android to pursue and recreate his own ideal.
Previously Saved Version

"Miss Culinary" reveals the brilliance of a young man who tries to keep his girlfriend by telling delicious stories of his mother's recipes to win his girlfriend's heart back. With the story of his mother's life being sour, sweet, salty, spicy, it tells of a girl who ran away from her hometown in Uthai Thani province to face life in Bangkok in the 70s in order to fulfill her dream of being a chef at a 5-star hotel, along with love.
Miss Culinary

"Gep Ruk" is the story of a handsome man and his love life with three women in the center of Siam.
Bangkok Love Stories: Keep Love

A kind computer repairman falls for a street-smart graffiti artist whose multiple personality disorder gets worse after she witnesses a double murder.
Bangkok Love Stories: Objects of Affection

A series of intertwining tales involve "pleasure seekers and pleasure providers" during the course of one night in Geylang, Singapore's red-light district. There are three distinct stories, united only by the presence of characters from all the stories in a streetside eatery:
Pleasure Factory

Following the Thai custom to cheat death and rid oneself of bad luck, a man who lays in a coffin for an evening subsequently experiences a series of terrifying incidents.
The Coffin

"Please" follows the stories of three best friends in the district, Sathorn.
Bangkok Love Stories: Please

Based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol, a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman.
Beautiful Boxer

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Bangkok Love Stories: Charming Person

A black comedy centered on a recently engaged celebrity couple and the fans who have been following every stage of their romance.