Wisit Sasanatieng

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wisit Sasanatieng
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Apr 25, 1964(1964-04-25)
Age	60
Birthplace	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Horoscope	Aries

Wisit Sasanatieng Biography

Wisit Sasanatieng is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on April 25, 1964 in Bangkok, Thailand. The color palette was significantly muted, when compared the likes of Tears of the Black Tiger and Citizen Dog, Wisit was capable of leaving his own mark upon The Unseeable by making it an homage to the films of the 1930s and the famous actors from that time, like Bette Davis as well as Joan Crawford.

Tears of the Black Tiger was the first Thai film to be shown during the Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened in the 2001’s Un Certain Regard program. In the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2000, it was awarded the Dragons & Tigers Award for the best new director. Other awards include the best director at the Gijon International Film Festival in 2001, as well as a jury prize for the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. It was also screened during in 2006 at the Bangkok International Film Festival as part of an honorary tribute to Sombat Metanee.

In 2005, when Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp picked up Citizen Dog for distribution, the company also agreed to co-produce with Five Star Production a long- gestating project by Wisit called Nam Prix, which takes its name after red chilies used in Thai cooking. A historical fantasy about Thai pirates, the project began in 1998 as a one-page brief, but was shelved due to financial difficulties.

In March 2006 another project was announced for Wisit: a Chinese-language martial arts film called Armful, which is a revenge tale about a man who loses his arm. A gifted illustrator and comic-book artist, Wisit produced conceptual poster art for the film, which he said would be influenced by Hong Kong action cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the One-Armed Swordsman films and Master of the Flying Guillotine featuring Jimmy Wang Yu as a one-armed fighter. Armful was initially announced by Singapore-based One Ton Cinema, which received a further pledge of backing from Hong Kong actor Andy Lau’s Focus Films.

Wisit’s feature debut was 2000, with the colorfully bold Tears of the Black Tiger which is a genre-mixing western. It features a romantic melodrama as its heart, the tale includes gunfights, outlaws, horses, comedy scenes and huge explosions. The film pays homage to an earlier period of Thai film, the contemplative dramas of 1950s director Rattana Pestonji as well as the “bomb- the-mountains, burn-the-huts” action films of the 1960s which were starring Mitr Chaibancha. One of the most prominent men of the 1970s as well as 1960s Thai action film era, Sombat Metanee, contributed his skills to Tears of the Black Tiger as the leader of the outlaw clan, Fai.

Wisit Sasanatieng Net Worth

Wisit Sasanatieng is one of the richest Film Director from Thailand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wisit Sasanatieng 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wisit Sasanatieng (Thai: wisist saasnethiiyng ; RTGS: Wisit Satsanathiang born on June 28th in 1963) is a Thai screenwriter and director of film with Chinese descent. He is most well-known for his vibrant debut film Tears of the Black Tiger He is part of the “New Wave” of Thai directors which includes Nonzee Nimibutr and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.

Wisit began her career in into the world of film as screenwriter on two of Nonzee’s films: the 1997 film Dang Bireley’s as well as Young Gangsters set in the 1950s in Thailand and the ghost-themed thriller Nang Nak which came out in 1999. Both critically as well as at the box-office these films were a success and began an “new wave” movement in the Thai film industry.

Wisit’s next project, 2004’s Citizen Dog, was a contemporary romantic comedy set in Bankgok that proved to be even more colourful than Tears of the Black Tiger. Based on a novel written by Koynuch (Siripan Techajindawong), Wisit’s long-time collaborative partner and wife, and narrated by compatriot filmmaker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Citizen Dog tells the tale of two rural Thai people who come to Bangkok to find work and fall in love. Critics have compared it to Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amélie.

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Who is Wisit Sasanatieng Dating?

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US distribution rights for the film were purchased by Miramax Films, which changed the ending and then shelved it indefinitely. In 2006, Magnolia Pictures acquired the US rights to the original version of the film, and gave it a limited theatrical run in US theaters in 2007 before releasing it on DVD.

Facts & Trivia

Wisit Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Thailand. Wisit Sasanatieng celebrates birthday on April 25 of every year.

As of 2007, pre-production work had been completed on Nam Prix, with Five Star Production awaiting Besson’s EuropaCorp to provide its 50% of the budget needed to get filming under way.