Rattana Pestonji
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 22, 1908
- Place of birth
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Died
- August 17, 1970
Biography
Rattana Pestonji was a Thai film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer and is regarded as the father of contemporary Thai film. Although his filmography was brief, his films placed Thai cinema on the world stage. He also pushed for innovations, and was one of the first Thai directors to use 35-mm film. He died just as he was giving a speech to government officials to call for support of a domestic industry he saw as coming under threat from Hollywood films.
Movies with Rattana Pestonji
- Sugar Is Not Sweet 1965
Movies directed by Rattana Pestonji
- Black Silk 1961 · ★ 6.2
- Country Hotel 1957 · ★ 6.3
- Sugar Is Not Sweet 1965
- Dark Heaven 1958
- Dear Tukata 1951
- The Diamond Finger 1958
- Thailand 1958