Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Born: 1980-04-16 in Bangkok, Thailand
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- 9 Temples to Heaven ... (Director)
2023
- The Physical Realm ... (Director)
2021
- Memoria ... (Script Supervisor)
2017
- Railway Sleepers ... (Director of Photography)
2015
- Cemetery of Splendor ... (First Assistant Director)
- Vapour ... (First Assistant Director)
- Fever Room ... (First Assistant Director)
2011
- Twenty Cigarettes as Self
2010
- Home Video (Made in Thai Town) ... (Director)
2008
- Mobile Men ... (Assistant Director)
- Diseases and a Hundred Year Period ... (Producer)
2006
- Syndromes and a Century ... (Second Assistant Director)
2005
- Ghost of Asia ... (Production Office Assistant)
- Worldly Desires ... (Assistant Director)
2004
- Tropical Malady ... (Second Assistant Director)
- To Infinity and Beyond ... (Director)
- My First Boyfriend ... (Editor)