Ekachai Uekrongtham: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 14:29, 1 February 2016

Ekachai Uekrongtham (Thai: เอกชัย เอื้อครองธรรม; RTGS: Ekkachai Uea-khrongtham; Chinese: 吕翼谋^[1]) 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.

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!; 坎城60／為「快樂工廠」造勢　楊貴媚現身坎城

External links

This Thai biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] «快乐工厂» 恶评如潮罗子涵白脱!; 坎城60／為「快樂工廠」造勢　楊貴媚現身坎城

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:Ekachai Uekrongtham.jpg|thumb|Ekachai Uekrongtham at press conference of Skin Trade.]]
-'''Ekachai Uekrongtham''' ([[Thai language|Thai]]: เอกชัย เอื้อครองธรรม; {{Rtgs|Ekkachai Uea-khrongtham}}; [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 吕翼谋<ref>[http://www.omy.sg/showbiz/enews/200710/20071031_002_pleasurefactory.html «快乐工厂» 恶评如潮 罗子涵白脱!]; [http://www.tvbs.com.tw/NEWS/NEWS_LIST.asp?no=suncomedy20070524131016 坎城60／為「快樂工廠」造勢　楊貴媚現身坎城]</ref>) is a [[Thai people|Thai]] theatre and film director. Basically from  [[Singapore]], Ekachai is the founding artistic director of ACTION Theatre, a Singapore professional theatre company.
+'''Ekachai Uekrongtham''' ([[Thai language|Thai]]: เอกชัย เอื้อครองธรรม; {{Rtgs|Ekkachai Uea-khrongtham}}; [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 吕翼谋<ref>[http://www.omy.sg/showbiz/enews/200710/20071031_002_pleasurefactory.html «快乐工厂» 恶评如潮 罗子涵白脱!]; [http://www.tvbs.com.tw/NEWS/NEWS_LIST.asp?no=suncomedy20070524131016 坎城60／為「快樂工廠」造勢　楊貴媚現身坎城]</ref>) 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.
 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''.