Nattawut Poonpiriya

Thai director

Pratt Institute
Srinakharinwirot University

OccupationFilm directorYears active2012–presentNotable work

Countdown (2012)
Bad Genius (2017)
One for the Road (2021)

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 films Countdown, Bad Genius and One for the Road.

Biography

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Filmography

Feature films

Countdown (2012)
Bad Genius (2017)
One for the Road (2022)

Short films

The Library (2013)
Present Perfect (2014)^[4]
i Stories 'L' (2018), co-directed with Khamkwan Duangmanee^[5]

Awards and honors

22nd Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Screenplay (for Countdown, 2012)
27th Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Director (for Bad Genius, 2017)
27th Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Screenplay (with Tanida Hantaweewatana and Vasudhorn Piyaromna, for Bad Genius, 2017)
26th Bangkok Critics Assembly Award for Best Director (for Bad Genius, 2017)
26th Bangkok Critics Assembly Award for Best Screenplay (with Tanida Hantaweewatana and Vasudhorn Piyaromna, for Bad Genius, 2017)

References

^ "Baz Poonpiriya". Vimeo. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ "'จีดีเอช' ส่งหนัง 'ฉลาดเกมส์โกง'". Kom Chad Luek (in Thai). 18 March 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ ""Bad Genius" goes to New York - The Nation". The Nation. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ หนังสั้น Present Perfect หากว่าย้อนเวลากลับไปได้ [Short Film], retrieved 2021-05-24
^ i STORIES ตอน " L ", retrieved 2021-05-24

Suphannahong National Film Award for Best Director

1990s

Chatrichalerm Yukol (1991)
Bhandit Rittakol (1992)
Chuchai Ongartchai (1993)
Bhandit Rittakol (1994)
Rashane Limtrakul (1995)
Chatrichalerm Yukol (1996)
Nonzee Nimibutr (1997)
Pinyo Roothum (1998)
Nonzee Nimibutr (1999)

2000s

N/A (2000)
Kittikorn Liasirikun (2001)
Jira Maligool (2002)
Vitcha Gojiew, Songyos Sugmakanan, Nithiwat Tharathorn, Witthaya Thongyooyong, Anusorn Trisirikasem, Komgrit Triwimol (2003)
Ittisoontorn Vichailak (2004)
Jira Maligool (2005)
Chalerm Wongpim (2006)
Chookiat Sakveerakul (2007)
Aditya Assarat (2008)
Kongkiat Komesiri (2009)