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Ekachai Uekrongtham (Thai: เอกชัย เอื้อครองธรรม; RTGS: Ekkachai Uea-khrongtham; Chinese: 吕翼谋^[1]^[2]) is a Thai theatre and film director. Based in Singapore, Ekachai is the founding artistic director of ACTION Theatre, a Singapore professional theatre company.

Among his stage works is Chang & Eng, a musical based on Chang and Eng Bunker, the original "Siamese twins". His other stage works include Corporate Animals - The Musical, Ka-Ra-you-OK?, Viva Viagra!, Autumn Tomyam, Mail Order Brides & Other Oriental Takeaways and Confessions of Three Unmarried Women.

He made his debut as a feature-film director in 2003 with Beautiful Boxer, a biographical drama about transsexual professional Muay Thai boxer, Nong Thoom. His second film, Pleasure Factory, about sex workers and their customers in Singapore's Geylang red-light district, was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. His third film, The Coffin, starring Ananda Everingham, opened in Thai theaters on August 21, 2008.^[3]^[4]

In 2014, he directed the Dolph Lundgren action drama on human trafficking Skin Trade (2015), also starring Tony Jaa and Ron Perlman, shot in Bangkok and Vancouver.

Filmography

1991: The Nose (short film) – director, writer and producer
2004: Beautiful Boxer – director, writer and producer
2007: Pleasure Factory - director, writer and producer
2008: The Coffin - director
2009: The Wedding Game - director and writer
2015: Skin Trade - director

Selected plays

1995: Corporate Animals - director
1998: Ka-Ra-you-OK? – director
1999: The Swimming Instructor - director
2000: Viva Viagra! - director
2000: Chang & Eng - director
2001: Autumn Tomyam - director
2005: The Admiral's Odyssey - producer
2006: Confessions of 300 Unmarried Men - producer and artistic director
2007: Everything But The Brain - producer and artistic director
2007: The Swimming Instructor - producer
2007: Postcards from Rosa - producer and artistic director
2007: Hitting (On) Women - producer
2007: Real Men, Fake Orgasms - producer
2011: Boxing Boys - director

References

^ ""快乐工厂" 恶评如潮罗子涵白脱!" (in Chinese). Singapore Press Holdings. 2007-10-31. Archived from the original on 2007-11-01.
^ "坎城60／為「快樂工廠」造勢　楊貴媚現身坎城" (in Chinese). Taiwan: TVBS. 2007-05-24. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
^ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "Caught between realms". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2024-08-25. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Netflix and MPC host seminar on taking Thai content to the global audience". Techsauce (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-08-25.

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[1] ""快乐工厂" 恶评如潮罗子涵白脱!" (in Chinese). Singapore Press Holdings. 2007-10-31. Archived from the original on 2007-11-01.

[2] "坎城60／為「快樂工廠」造勢　楊貴媚現身坎城" (in Chinese). Taiwan: TVBS. 2007-05-24. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.

[3] Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "Caught between realms". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2024-08-25. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[4] "Netflix and MPC host seminar on taking Thai content to the global audience". Techsauce (in Thai). Retrieved 2024-08-25.

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+{{short description|Thai theatre and film director}}
-'''Ekachai Uekrongtham''' is a [[Thai people|Thai]] theatre and film director. Based in [[Singapore]], Ekachai is the founding artistic director of ACTION Theatre, a Singapore professional theatre company.
+[[File:Ekachai Uekrongtham.jpg|thumb|Ekachai Uekrongtham at press conference of Skin Trade.]]
+'''Ekachai Uekrongtham''' ({{langx|th|เอกชัย เอื้อครองธรรม}}; {{Rtgs|Ekkachai Uea-khrongtham}}; {{lang-zh|吕翼谋}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.omy.sg/showbiz/enews/200710/20071031_002_pleasurefactory.html |title="快乐工厂" 恶评如潮 罗子涵白脱!|date=2007-10-31|archive-date=2007-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101152759/http://www.omy.sg/showbiz/enews/200710/20071031_002_pleasurefactory.html|publisher=[[Singapore Press Holdings]]|language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tvbs.com.tw/NEWS/NEWS_LIST.asp?no=suncomedy20070524131016 |title=坎城60／為「快樂工廠」造勢　楊貴媚現身坎城|language=zh|date=2007-05-24|archive-date=2011-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927053836/http://www.tvbs.com.tw/NEWS/NEWS_LIST.asp?no=suncomedy20070524131016|publisher=TVBS|location=Taiwan}}</ref>) is a Thai theatre and film director. Based in [[Singapore]], Ekachai is the founding artistic director of ACTION Theatre, a Singapore professional theatre company.
 Among his stage works is ''[[Chang & Eng]]'', a musical based on [[Chang and Eng Bunker]], the original "[[conjoined twins|Siamese twins]]". His other stage works include ''Corporate Animals - The Musical'', ''Ka-Ra-you-OK?'', ''Viva Viagra!'', ''Autumn Tomyam'', ''Mail Order Brides & Other Oriental Takeaways'' and ''Confessions of Three Unmarried Women''.
-He made his debut as a feature-film director in 2003 with ''[[Beautiful Boxer]]'', a biographical drama about transsexual professional [[Muay Thai]] boxer, [[Nong Thoom]]. His second film, ''[[Pleasure Factory]]'', about sex workers and their customers in Singapore's [[Geylang]] [[red-light district]], was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
+He made his debut as a feature-film director in 2003 with ''[[Beautiful Boxer]]'', a biographical drama about transsexual professional [[Muay Thai]] boxer, [[Nong Thoom]]. His second film, ''[[Pleasure Factory]]'', about sex workers and their customers in Singapore's [[Geylang]] [[red-light district]], was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. His third film, ''The Coffin'', starring [[Ananda Everingham]], opened in Thai theaters on August 21, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Limited |first=Bangkok Post Public Company |title=Caught between realms |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/1191225/caught-between-realms |access-date=2024-08-25 |work=Bangkok Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Netflix and MPC host seminar on taking Thai content to the global audience |url=https://techsauce.co/news/netflix-and-mpc-host-seminar-on-taking-thai-content-to-the-global-audience |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Techsauce |language=th}}</ref>
+In 2014, he directed the [[Dolph Lundgren]] action drama on human trafficking ''[[Skin Trade (film)|Skin Trade]]'' (2015), also starring [[Tony Jaa]] and [[Ron Perlman]], shot in Bangkok and Vancouver.
-==External links==
-* [http://www.action.org.sg/ ACTION Theatre]
-* {{imdb name|id=0879960|name=Ekachai Uekrongtham}}
+[[File:The Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Culture, Shri S. Jaipal Reddy presenting the Silver Peacock Award for the best film promising Asian Director to Mr. Ekachai Uekrongthan for his film 'Beautiful Boxer' (Thailand) at.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ekachai Uekrongthan receiving Silver Peacock Award for his film Beautiful Boxer, at [[International Film Festival of India|IFFI]] ([[35th International Film Festival of India|2004]]) ]]
+==Filmography==
+* 1991: ''The Nose'' (short film) – director, writer and producer
+* 2004: ''[[Beautiful Boxer]]'' – director, writer and producer
+* 2007: ''[[Pleasure Factory]]'' - director, writer and producer
+* 2008: ''The Coffin'' - director
+* 2009: ''The Wedding Game'' - director and writer
+* 2015: ''[[Skin Trade (film)|Skin Trade]]'' - director
+==Selected plays==
+* 1995: ''Corporate Animals'' - director
+* 1998: ''Ka-Ra-you-OK?'' – director
+* 1999: ''The Swimming Instructor'' - director
+* 2000: ''Viva Viagra!'' - director
+* 2000: ''[[Chang & Eng]]'' - director
+* 2001: ''Autumn Tomyam'' - director
+* 2005: ''The Admiral's Odyssey'' - producer
+* 2006: ''Confessions of 300 Unmarried Men'' - producer and artistic director
+* 2007: ''[[Everything but the Brain|Everything But The Brain]]'' - producer and artistic director
+* 2007: ''The Swimming Instructor'' - producer
+* 2007: ''Postcards from Rosa'' - producer and artistic director
+* 2007: ''Hitting (On) Women'' - producer
+* 2007: ''Real Men, Fake Orgasms'' - producer
+* 2011: ''Boxing Boys'' - director
+==References==
+<references/>
+==External links==
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070608114433/http://www.action.org.sg/ ACTION Theatre]
+* {{IMDb name|id=0879960|name=Ekachai Uekrongtham}}
+{{IFFI Award for Best Director}}
-[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
+{{authority control}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Uekrongtham, Ekachai}}
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Thai film directors]]
 [[Category:Singaporean film directors]]
 [[Category:Singaporean theatre directors]]
+[[Category:Thai film directors|Ekachai Uekrongtham]]
+[[Category:Thai people of Chinese descent|Ekachai Uekrongtham]]
+[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
+[[Category:Alumni of Assumption College (Thailand)|Ekachai Uekrongtham]]
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v t e IFFI Silver Peacock for Best Director
2000–2008 (IFFI Most Promising Asian Director Award)	Nonzee Nimibutr (31st) Reza Mirkarimi (33rd) Ra'anan Alexandrowicz (34th) Ekachai Uekrongtham (35th) Vera Fogwill (36th) An Kung-Lee (37th) Pongpat Wachirabunjong (38th) Sergey Dvortsevoy (39th)
2000–Present (IFFI Best Director Award)	Ounie Lecomte (40th) Susanne Bier (41st) Asghar Farhadi (42nd) Jeon Kyu-hwan (43rd) Kaushik Ganguly (44th) Nadav Lapid (45th) Peter Greenaway (46th) Soner Kanar and Baris Kaya (47th) Vivian Qu (48th) Lijo Jose Pellissery (49th) Lijo Jose Pellissery (50th) Chen-Nien Ko (51st) Václav Kadrnka (52nd) Nader Saeivar (53rd) Stephan Komandarev (54th)