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Nonzee was born in Nonthaburi,1962, and graduated in Visual Communications from Silpakorn University. He began working in the entertainment industry as a director of commercials and music videos in 1984, and went on to found and manage the company Buddy Films and Video. His debut feature DANG BIRELEY'S AND THE YOUNG GANGSTERS (2499 ANTAPAN KRONG MUANG, 1997) re-energised the entire Thai film industry, breaking box-office records and inspiring many other young directors to make their first films. He won the Grand Prix at the 19th Festival International du Film Independent in Brussels, and numerous domestic awards. This second feature, NANG NAK (1998), was even more successful domestically and went on to spearhead the recent advance of Thai cinema into international markets. It, too, won many awards at home and abroad.
In 2000, he produced the two inaugural productions of the company Film Bangkok: Wisit Sasanatieng's TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER (FAH TALAI JONE, winner of the Dragons & Tigers Award, Vancouver International Film Festival) and the Pang Brothers' BANGKOK DANGEROUS (FIPRESCI prize, Toronto International Film Festival). He co-founded the independent production company Cinemasia with Duangkamol Limcharoen, and his third feature JAN DARA was the company's first production. He has recently completed the episode THE WHEEL (Arom Atun Akat, 2002) for the portmanteau film THREE.
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