Ekachai Uekrongtham ( th, เอกชัย เอื้อครองธรรม; ; zh, 吕翼谋) is a Thai theatre and film director. Based in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

, Ekachai is the founding artistic director of ACTION Theatre, a Singapore professional theatre company. Among his stage works is ''

Chang & Eng ''Chang & Eng'' is a Singaporean musical theatre production directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham based on the lives of the Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker. The music and lyrics were by Ken Low, with the book by Ming Wong, costumes by Niphon Tunti ...

'', a musical based on

Chang and Eng Bunker Chang Bunker and Eng Bunker (May 11, 1811 – January 17, 1874) were Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers whose fame propelled the expression " Siamese twins" to become synonymous for conjoined twins in general. They were widely exhibited a ...

, the original "

Siamese twins Conjoined twins – sometimes popularly referred to as Siamese twins – are twins joined '' in utero''. A very rare phenomenon, the occurrence is estimated to range from 1 in 49,000 births to 1 in 189,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence ...

". His other stage works include ''Corporate Animals - The Musical'', ''Ka-Ra-you-OK?'', ''Viva Viagra!'', ''Autumn Tomyam'', ''Mail Order Brides & Other Oriental Takeaways'' and ''Confessions of Three Unmarried Women''. He made his debut as a feature-film director in 2003 with '' Beautiful Boxer'', a biographical drama about transsexual professional

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boxer,

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. His second film, '' Pleasure Factory'', about sex workers and their customers in Singapore's

Geylang Geylang is a planning area and township located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore, bordering Hougang and Toa Payoh in the north, Marine Parade in the south, Bedok in the east, and Kallang in the west. Geylang is perh ...

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, was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. His third film, ''The Coffin'', starring Ananda Everingham, opened in Thai theaters on August 21, 2008. In 2014, he directed the

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action drama on human trafficking '' Skin Trade'' (2015), also starring

Tony Jaa Tatchakorn Yeerum ( th, ทัชชกร ยีรัมย์, , ; formerly Phanom Yeerum ( th, พนม ยีรัมย์, ); born 5 February 1976), better known internationally as Tony Jaa and in Thailand as Jaa Phanom ( th, จา � ...

and

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, shot in Bangkok and Vancouver.

Filmography

* 1991: ''The Nose'' (short film) – director, writer and producer * 2004: '' Beautiful Boxer'' – director, writer and producer * 2007: '' Pleasure Factory'' - director, writer and producer * 2008: ''The Coffin'' - director * 2009: ''The Wedding Game'' - director and writer * 2015: '' Skin Trade'' - director

Selected plays

* 1995: ''Corporate Animals'' - director * 1998: ''Ka-Ra-you-OK?'' – director * 1999: ''The Swimming Instructor'' - director * 2000: ''Viva Viagra!'' - director * 2000: ''

'' - director * 2001: ''Autumn Tomyam'' - director * 2005: ''The Admiral's Odyssey'' - producer * 2006: ''Confessions of 300 Unmarried Men'' - producer and artistic director * 2007: ''

Everything But The Brain ''Everything but the Brain'' is a tragicomedy by Singaporean local writer Jean Tay. The work revolves around two main characters: Elaine Lim, a Science physics teacher, and her father Lim Chong Boon, a stroke-afflicted former professor. Originally ...

'' - producer and artistic director * 2007: ''The Swimming Instructor'' - producer * 2007: ''Postcards from Rosa'' - producer and artistic director * 2007: ''Hitting (On) Women'' - producer * 2007: ''Real Men, Fake Orgasms'' - producer * 2011: ''Boxing Boys'' - director

References

External links

ACTION Theatre
* Living people Singaporean film directors Singaporean theatre directors Ekachai Uekrongtham Ekachai Uekrongtham Year of birth missing (living people) Ekachai Uekrongtham {{Thailand-bio-stub