Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Sompot Chidgasornpongse graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from Chulalongkorn university, and an MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts. He's been working closely with Apichatpong Weerasethakul as assistant director in many films, including Tropical Malady, Syndromes and a Century, Cemetery of Splendour, and Memoria. His personal short films were shown at various international film festivals around the world, such as Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Viennale, Visions du Réel, Indielisboa, Signes de Nuit, etc. His works explore the possibility of representing everyday life in a creative and thought-provoking way. His first feature documentary, Railway Sleepers, had its World premiere in Documentary Competition at Busan International Film Festival, and European premiere in the Forum section at Berlinale. Since then, the film has been traveling to many international film festivals worldwide, including True/False, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Melbourne IFF, Pravo Ljudsku FF, RIDM, Luang Prabang FF, TIDF, etc. He's also a Berlinale Talents alumnus (as director and editor), and Talents Tokyo alumnus. Sompot is based in Bangkok.
Fever Room
(First Assistant Director)
Memoria
(Assistant Director)
Memoria
(Script Supervisor)
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
(Director of Photography)
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
(Director)
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
(Producer)
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
(Writer)
Vapour
(First Assistant Director)
Railway Sleepers
(Director of Photography)
Railway Sleepers
(Editor)
Home Video (Made in Thai Town)
(Director)
9 Temples to Heaven
(Director)
Mobile Men
(Assistant Director)
Worldly Desires
(Editor)
Worldly Desires
(Assistant Director)
Worldly Desires
(Script)
Ghost of Asia
(Production Office Assistant)
Railway Sleepers
(Director)
Railway Sleepers
(Writer)
Cemetery of Splendor
(First Assistant Director)
My First Boyfriend
(Editor)
The Physical Realm
(Director)
Tropical Malady
(Second Assistant Director)
Syndromes and a Century
(Second Assistant Director)
To Infinity and Beyond
(Director)
To Infinity and Beyond
(Producer)
To Infinity and Beyond
(Screenplay)
To Infinity and Beyond
(Editor)
The Physical Realm
(Writer)
Ghost of Asia
(Assistant Director)
9 Temples to Heaven
(Writer)
9 Temples to Heaven
(Editor)