Tanit Jitnukul
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Tanit Jitnukul (Thai: ธนิตย์ จิตนุกูล, born in 1956 in Songkhla Province, Thailand) is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. Among his films is the 2000 historical battle epic, Bang Rajan. His nickname is "Pued". His name is alternatively spelled Thanit.
Tanit graduated from Siam Vocational School. He started in the movie business as a film-poster artist. In 1985 he was the co-director on Suem Noi Noi Galon Mark Noi ("Happy Go Lucky") with Adirek Wattaleela, better known in Thailand simply as "Uncle". Uncle would go on to produce Bangrajan.
Tanit made his name doing historical battle epics, directing a string of them: Bangrajan, Legend of the Warlord and Sema: Warrior of Ayutthaya. However, he's worked in many genres, including horror (Art of the Devil and Narok), crime-action (102 Bangkok Robbery) and comedy (Andaman Girl).
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[edit] Awards
- 2000 Thailand National Film Awards - Best director ("Bangrajan")
- 2000 Fantasia Festival - Second-place film
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Director
- Suem Noi Noi Galon Mark Noi(Happy-Go-Lucky) (1985)
- Happy-Go-Lucky 2 (1986)
- Magic Moon (1991)
- Love Affaire (1997)
- Leua jone phan leua (Crime King) (1998)
- Hello Countryside (1999)
- Bang Rajan (2000)
- Kun pan (Legend of the Warlord) (2002)
- Khunsuk (Sema: Warrior of Ayutthaya) (2003)
- Khon len khong (Art of the Devil)
- 102 piit krungthep plon (102 Bangkok Robbery) (2004)
- Jee (Andaman Girl) (2005))
- Narok (Hell) (2005)
- Hak yae (Black Night, segment The Lost Memory) (2006)
- First Flight (in production)
- Red Eagle (in production)
[edit] Producer
[edit] Screenwriter
- Bang Rajan (2000)
- Hak yae (Black Night) (2006)
[edit] Actor
- Sum muepuen (Hit Man File) (2005))