Chookiat Sakveerakul

Biographie

Ma-Deaw Chookiat Sakveerakul is a film director and screenwriter, born in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He graduated from school 'Montfort College' in Chiang Mai and at Faculty of Communication Arts Department of Film from Chulalongkorn University. Chookiat's first feature film was an ensemble drama, "The Passenger of Li', which was an independent production. His next film was 'Pisaj', a 2004 horror film produced by Sahamongkol Film International. Chookiat garnered critical acclaim for this upcoming film, '13 Beloved', a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won multiple awards in Thailand and at film festivals. He is the director of the critically acclaimed 2007 film 'Love of Siam'.