Lee Chatametikool ( th, ลี ชาตะเมธีกุล) is a Thai

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edi ...

and sound editor. He is a frequent collaborator with

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, ...

and other Thai

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directors, but has also worked on commercial films, including the hit Thai horror film, '' Shutter''. Lee studied filmmaking in the

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. He has been active since 1999, when he directed a short film, ''Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams'' (''Muang maya, krung tida''). The film was the runner-up winner of the

Rattana Pestonji Rattana Pestonji ( th, รัตน์ เปสตันยี; ) 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 ...

Award for Best Thai Short Film at the 2000 Thai Short Film and Video Festival. He has worked with Apichatpong Weerasethakul on five films: ''

Blissfully Yours ''Blissfully Yours'' ( th, สุดเสน่หา, S̄ud s̄aǹeh̄ā) is a 2002 Thai romance film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It won the prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Min is an illegal Burmese immigrant living in ...

'', '' Tropical Malady'', ''

Syndromes and a Century ''Syndromes and a Century'' ( th, แสงศตวรรษ ''S̄æng ṣ̄atawǎat'', literally ''Light of the Century'') is a 2006 Thai drama film written and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film was among the works commissioned for ...

'', ''

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ''Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives'' ( th, ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ; ) is a 2010 Thai drama film written, produced, and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The film, which explores themes of reincarnation, ...

'' and ''

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''. At the inaugural Asian Film Awards in 2007 in Hong Kong, Lee won the Best Editor award for ''Syndromes and a Century''. In 2002, Lee founded his own

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company, Houdini Studio.

Filmography

As director

* ''Miami Strips, Hollywood Dreams'' (''Muang maya, krung tida'', 1999) * ''Concrete Clouds, ภวังค์รัก'' (2013)

As film editor

* ''

'' (2002) * '' One Night Husband'' (2003) * ''

Sayew ''Sayew'' ( th, สยิว, also Spasm or X-Rated Sex Story: Fact or Fiction) is a 2003 Thai romantic comedy film about a naive female college student who works as a writer of erotic stories for a pornographic magazine. Plot Tao is a tomboyis ...

(2003) * ''

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'' (2003) * '' Tropical Malady'' (2004) * '' Shutter'' (2004) * '' Midnight My Love'' (2005) * '' Ghost of Mae Nak'' (2005, contributing) * ''

The Elephant King ''The Elephant King'' is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by Seth Grossman. Story It is about a depressed teenager who wants to write a story about an anthropologist in Thailand. The anthropologist character is inspired by his older brother wh ...

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

'' (2006) * '' The Sperm'' (2007) * ''

Block B Block B ( ko, 블락비) is a South Korean boy band managed by KQ Entertainment, and consists of seven members: Taeil, B-Bomb, Jaehyo, U-Kwon, Park Kyung, Zico, and P.O. Block B has received several accolades, including nominations for sev ...

'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Cemetery of Splendour'' (2015) *'' Pop Aye'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' The Cave'' (2019) * '' Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash'' (2021) * ''

Yuni Yuni may refer to: * ''Yuni'' (film), 2021 internationally co-produced drama film *Yuni, Hokkaido, a town in Sorachi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan *Yuni Station, a railway station in Yuni * Yuni Shara (born 1972), Indonesian singer * Yuni (''Star ...

'' (2021) * ''Memoria'' (2021)

As sound editor

* ''

'' (2002) * '' One Night Husband'' (2003) * ''

(2003) * '' Tropical Malady'' (2004)

As post-production supervisor

* '' Invisible Waves'' (2005)

External links

Houdini Studio
Lee Chatametikool's post-production company *
Lee Chatametikool interview
at

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from the 2007

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