Tanit Jitnukul ( Thai: ธนิตย์ จิตนุกูล, born in 1956 in Songkhla Province,

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and producer. Among his films is the 2000 historical battle epic, '' Bang Rajan''. His nickname is "Pued" (ปืีด).

Biography

Tanit graduated from Siam Vocational School. He started in the movie business as a film-poster artist. In 1985 he was the co-director on ''Suem Noi Noi Galon Mark Noi'' ("Happy Go Lucky") with Adirek Wattaleela, better known in Thailand simply as "Uncle". Uncle would go on to produce ''Bangrajan''. Tanit made his name doing historical battle epics and directing a string of them; ''Bang Rajan'', ''Legend of the Warlord'' and ''Sema: Warrior of Ayutthaya''. He has however worked in many genres including horrors (''Art of the Devil'' and ''Narok''), crime-action (''102 Bangkok Robbery'') and comedy (''Andaman Girl''). He won best director honors at the

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for '' Bang Rajan''. The film was also screened at the 2000

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, where it was placed second in the international competition. ''Bang Rajan'' was later "presented" by

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in a theatrical release in the

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Filmography

Director

* ''Suem Noi Noi Galon Mark Noi''(''Happy-Go-Lucky'') (

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

) * ''Happy-Go-Lucky 2'' (

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

) * ''Magic Moon'' (

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

) * ''Love Affaire'' (

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

) * ''Seua Jone Phan Seua'' (''Crime King'') (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

) * ''Hello Countryside'' (

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

) * '' Bang Rajan'' (

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

) * ''Kun pan'' (''Legend of the Warlord'') (

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

) * ''Khunsuk'' (''Sema: Warrior of Ayutthaya'') (

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

) * ''Khon len khong'' (''Art of the Devil'') * ''102 piit krungthep plon'' (''102 Bangkok Robbery'') (

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

) * ''The Lord of Ayuthaya'' (''Jao Tak'') (2004;

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) * ''Jee'' (''Andaman Girl'') (

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

)) * ''Narok'' (''Hell'') (2005) * ''Hak yae'' (''Black Night'', segment ''The Lost Memory'') (

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

) * ''Ghost in Law'' (2008; co-director) * ''First Flight'' (2008) * ''Bang Rajan 2'' (

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

) * '' Ghost Day'' (2012)

Producer

* '' Muay Thai Chaiya'' (

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

) * ''Jee'' (''Andaman Girl'') (

) * ''Narok'' (''Hell'') (2005) * ''14 tula, songkram prachachon'' (''The Moonhunter'') (

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

) * '' The Red Eagle'' (2010) * '' Ghost Day'' (2012)

Screenwriter

* '' Bang Rajan'' (

) * ''Hak yae'' (''Black Night'') (

) * '' Ghost Day'' (2012) * ''Myanmar in Love in Bangkok'' (2014)

Actor

* '' Sum muepuen'' ('' Hit Man File'') (

) * '' Me ... Myself'' (2007)

Editor

* ''

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'' (2017)

External links

*
Tanit Jitnukul at the Thai Film Database
1956 births Living people

Tanit Jitnukul Tanit Jitnukul ( Thai: ธนิตย์ จิตนุกูล, born in 1956 in Songkhla Province, Thailand) is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. Among his films is the 2000 historical battle epic, '' Bang Rajan''. His nickn ...

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