Chookiat Sakveerakul

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Chookiat Sakveerakul
Chookiat at the premiere of The Love of Siam in November 2007.
Born	1981 Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Other name(s)	Ma-Deaw, Matthew
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter

Chookiat Sakveerakul (Thai: ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล, b. 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is also credited as Ma-Deaw Chukiatsakwirakul or Matthew Chukiat Sakwirakul.He graduated from Montfort College Chiangmai

Chookiat's first feature-length 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 next film, 13 Beloved, a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won several awards in Thailand and from film festivals.^[1]

[edit] Filmography

• The Passenger of Li
• Pisaj (2004)
• 13 Beloved (2006)
• Body (2007, screenplay only)
• The Love of Siam (2007)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Chukiat Sakweerakul at the Internet Movie Database