FILM DIRECTOR

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

1962 - Today

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Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง; RTGS: Pen-ek Rattanarueang; born 8 March 1962, Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his arthouse work, Last Life in the Universe, and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pen-Ek Ratanaruang has received more than 58,750 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is the 1,677th most popular film director (down from 1,507th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Thailand (down from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Thai Film Director.

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  • 59k

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  • 48.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang ranks 1,677 out of 2,041. Before him are Nimród Antal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Nils Gaup, Rainer Simon, Kasi Lemmons, and Robert Eggers. After him are Tariq Anwar, Craig Gillespie, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Kevin Lima, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and B. R. Chopra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang ranks 580. Before him are Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Geir Rönning, Mary Ellen Weber, Richard Ferrand, and Guillermo Martínez. After him are Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, John Ngugi, Santiago Ostolaza, Abdulla Shahid, Amy Chua, Josef Hader, and Mo Hayder.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang ranks 102 out of 186. Before him are Dao Bandon (1947), Payao Poontarat (1956), Minnie (1997), Sudarat Keyuraphan (1961), Bui Simon (1968), and Khattiya Sawasdipol (1951). After him are Siriporn Ampaipong (1964), Somluck Kamsing (1973), Mike Phiromphon (1970), Pornsak Songsaeng (1960), Theerathon Bunmathan (1990), and Hong Chau (1979).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Thailand

Among film directors born in Thailand, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang ranks 2. Before him are Apichatpong Weerasethakul (1970).

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