Poj Arnon () is a Thai

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. He is best known for his 2007 film ''

Bangkok Love Story ''Bangkok Love Story'' (; ; literally "Friend ... I love you") is a 2007 Cinema of Thailand, Thai film written and directed by Poj Arnon. A gay romantic crime action drama, it is the story of a man who falls in love with a gunman assigned to kill ...

'', that won him the Grand Prize (International Competition) at the

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Biography

Career

Poj began his career in the 1980s as an advertising sales manager for ''Ter-Kab-Chan Magazine'', eventually becoming the magazine's chief editor. His work on the magazine enabled him to scout out and groom many of the Thai teen movie stars of the era. He started working in the

Thai film industry The cinema of Thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by François-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. The film was then brought to Bangkok, where it was exhibited. This spar ...

in 1992, working as an assistant director on ''Sa-Daew-Haew'' by

Five Star Production Five Star Production Co. Ltd. () is a Thai film production company. It was founded in 1973 by Kiat Iamphungphorn and is today headed by his children, Aphiradee and her younger brothers Kiatkamon and Kiattikul. The company's films include the wo ...

. He made his directorial debut in 1995 with ''Crazy'', which was about a character from a Chinese martial arts television series who finds himself in the real world of modern-day

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. Next was ''Bullet Teen'' (1998), a drama about four troubled urban youths. ''Go-Six'', his 2000 romantic drama about a love triangle involving a young man and two women was scandalous at the time because of the ambiguous sexuality of one of the women characters. Poj returned to the scene in 2003 with '' Cheerleader Queens'', about a group of teenage Thai

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s, or

kathoey ''Kathoey'' or ''katoey'' (, ; , , ; ; , ), commonly translated as ''ladyboys'' in English, is a term used by some people in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, whose identities in English may be best translated as transgender women in some cas ...

, who become high school

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. In 2004, he shifted to RS Film, again tackling kathoeys with the crime comedy ''

Spicy Beauty Queen of Bangkok Pungency ( ) is the taste of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, found in foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent tastes may be experienced as unpleasant. The term piquancy ( ) is sometimes applied to foods with a lower ...

'', starring

Winai Kraibutr Winai Kraibutr (; June 16, 1969 – March 20, 2024) was a Thai actor. He appeared in a number of films that achieved significant success at the Thai box office. He was considered a bankable star in Thailand and achieved minor international expos ...

as the leader of a gang of transvestite bank robbers. He next moved to

Sahamongkol Film International Sahamongkol Film International Co. Ltd. (, also Sahamongkolfilm, Mongkol Film or SM) is a Thai film production and distribution company. It is the leading movie company in Thailand, ahead of GMM Grammy's GDH 559, Five Star Production and RS Film ...

to direct the childhood drama '' Beautiful Wonderful Perfect'', about a girl who befriends a boy with Down syndrome. Also entitled ''Er rer'', the film was critically acclaimed in Thailand and was screened at overseas film festivals. His followup was an action comedy, ''

Chai Lai ''Chai Lai'' (, English title: ''Dangerous Flowers'' and also known as ''Chai Lai's Angels'') is a 2006 Thai action film about five female top-secret crimefighters, each with the codename of a flower, Lotus, Hibiscus, Rose, Spadix and Crown of ...

'', about five female crimefighters. Poj was back with Five Star Production in 2007 for '' Haunting Me'', a comedy horror film about a three aging kathoeys battling ghosts in their apartment building. Since 2007 he has directed more than ten additional movies.

Awards

*In 2007, Poj Arnon won the Grand Prize in the International Competition at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival for his film ''Bangkok Love Story''. *In 2008, he won the Best Screenplay prize for his film ''Bangkok Love Story'' at the

Thailand National Film Association Awards The Suphannahong National Film Awards (, also known as the Thailand National Film Association Awards) is the primary film award of the Thai film industry. It is given annually by the National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Association ...

Filmography

Director

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

: ''Crazy'' *

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 ...

: ''Bullet Teen'' *

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 ...

: ''Go-Six'' *

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 ...

: '' Cheerleader Queens'' *

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 ...

: ''Spicy Beauty Queen of Bangkok'' (''Plon naya'') *

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 ...

: '' Beautiful Wonderful Perfect'' (''Er rer'') *

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 ...

: ''

'' (''Dangerous Flowers'') *

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 ...

: '' Haunting Me'' (''Hortaewtaek'') *

: ''

'' *

: '' The Three Cripples'' *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: '' Sassy Player'' *

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 ...

: '' Sorry Saranghaeyo'' *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: ''Small Ru Gu Naew'' *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: Make Me Shudder *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: Make Me Shudder 2: Shudder Mae Nak *

: ''Dangerous Boys'' *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: Make Me Shudder 3 *

: ''Iron Ladies Roar'' *

: ''There's Something About Tott'' (''Love Heaw Feaw Tott'') *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: ''Joking Jazz 4G'' *

: ''The Fast And Furious 888'' *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: '' Zombie Fighters'' (''Kud Krachak Krien'') *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

: '' Toot Too Ku Chart'' (''The Last Heroes'') *

: ''Joking Jazz 5G'' *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: ''Pojaman Sawang Ka Ta'' *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: ''Hor Taew Tak 8'' *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: '' Tell the World I Love You''

Producer

: '' The Intruder''

Writer

* 2007: ''

'' * 2007: ''The Three Cripples'' * 2009: ''Sassy Player'' * 2010: '' The Intruder''

References

External links

*
Profile at Five Star Production
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Poj Arnon Poj Arnon () is a Thai film director. He is best known for his 2007 film ''Bangkok Love Story'', that won him the Grand Prize (International Competition) at the Brussels International Independent Film Festival. Biography Career Poj began his ca ...

1970 births

LGBTQ film directors