Rattana Pestonji
Directing · Director · Writer · Editor
Born May 22, 1908 · Bangkok, Thailand
Active 1950–1970
Rattana Pestonji was a Thai film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer and is regarded as the father of contemporary Thai film. Although his filmography was brief, his films placed Thai cinema on the world stage.
Filmography
Country Hotel (1957) — Writer · Director · Executive Producer · Editor · ProducerBlack Silk (1961) — Director · Writer · Editor · CinematographyForever Yours (1955) — Producer · Director of PhotographySanti-Vina (1954) — Editor · Director of Photography · ProducerSugar Is Not Sweet (1965) — Doctor · Writer · Director · Producer · EditorDark Heaven (1958) — Director · WriterDear Tukata (1951) — Director · Writer · Director of Photography · CinematographyThe Diamond Finger (1958) — Director · Cinematography · Director of PhotographyThailand (1958) — Director · Director of Photography · CinematographyDharma Chakra: The Wheel of the Law (1964) — Director of Photography · CinematographyPanthai Norasingh (1950) — Cinematography