Directing
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Man
24 Mar 1981 (43)
Bangkok, Thailand
Nattawut Poonpiriya
Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya (Thai: นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ, born 1981) is a Thai director, working extensively on television commercials and music videos, but best known for the thriller films Countdown and Bad Genius. Nattawut graduated Master of Fine Arts in stage directing from Srinakharinwirot University. After graduating, he worked mainly on television commercials for three years before moving to New York to study graphic design at Pratt Institute. He returned to Thailand in 2011, and worked as a music video director before directing his first feature film, the horror thriller Countdown, for GTH in 2012. The film won three categories at the Suphannahong National Film Awards. Nattawut then made a hiatus from feature films to focus again on advertising. His second feature, Bad Genius, was released in 2017, and won a record-breaking twelve categories at the awards.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Not Friends | Film Directors' Posing Reference |
| 2012 | Seven Something | Sea You Crew (segment "21/28") |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | Untitled Nattawut Poonpiriya Project | Director |
| 2023 | Not Friends | Producer |
| 2023 | Zi Mui | Director |
| 2023 | Zi Mui | Story |
| 2022 | Thai Cave Rescue | Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Thai Cave Rescue | Director |
| 2022 | One for the Road | Director |
| 2022 | One for the Road | Writer |
| 2021 | The Reels Deal | Director |
| 2018 | i STORIES | Director |
| 2017 | Bad Genius | Screenplay |
| 2017 | Bad Genius | Director |
| 2017 | Girlhattan | Writer |
| 2017 | Girlhattan | Director |
| 2015 | REUNION | Director |
| 2014 | Present Perfect | Writer |
| 2014 | Present Perfect | Director |
| 2013 | The Library | Director |
| 2012 | Countdown | Director |
| 2012 | Countdown | Screenplay |
| 2010 | The Misbehavers | Director |
| 2010 | The Misbehavers | Screenplay |
| 2010 | The Misbehavers | Editor |