BiographyPen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) A Thai film director and screenwriter best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.Profile detailsKnown for: DirectingBirthday: 1962-03-08Place of birth: Bangkok, ThailandAlso known as: 뻰엑 라따나루앙, เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง, Tom Pannet, Tom, ต้อม, 펜-엑 라타나루앙Known forBehind the Blur (2009)Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows (2014)Citizen Dog (2004) - Narrator (voice)The Master (2014) - Selfตัวกู-ของกู (2008) - SelfElectric Yakuza, Go to Hell! (2004) - Self6ixtynin9 the Series (2023) - Advertising ClientLast Life in the Universe (2003) - DirectorLast Life in the Universe (2003) - Screenplay6ixtynin9 (1999) - Director6ixtynin9 (1999) - ProducerPloy (2007) - DirectorReferencesTMDBIMDb
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (Thai: เป็นเอก รัตนเรือง) A Thai film director and screenwriter best known for his arthouse work "Last Life in the Universe", and is considered to be one of Thai cinema's leading "new wave" auteurs, alongside Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He goes by the nickname Tom and is sometimes credited as Tom Pannet.