Sompot Chidgasornpongse
Sompot Chidgasornpongse graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from Chulalongkorn university, and an MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts. He's been working closely with Apichatpong Weerasethakul as assistant director in many films, including Tropical Malady, Syndromes and a Century, Cemetery of Splendour, and Memoria. His personal short films were shown at various international film festivals around the world, such as Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Viennale, Visions du Réel, Indielisboa, Signes de Nuit, etc. His works explore the possibility of representing everyday life in a creative and thought-provoking way. His first feature documentary, Railway Sleepers, had its World premiere in Documentary Competition at Busan International Film Festival, and European premiere in the Forum section at Berlinale. Since then, the film has been traveling to many international film festivals worldwide, including True/False, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Melbourne IFF, Pravo Ljudsku FF, RIDM, Luang Prabang FF, TIDF, etc. He's also a Berlinale Talents alumnus (as director and editor), and Talents Tokyo alumnus. Sompot is based in Bangkok.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1980-04-16 · Bangkok, Thailand
Known for
- Memoria (2021) — Assistant Director
- Cemetery of Splendor (2015) — First Assistant Director
- Tropical Malady (2004) — Second Assistant Director
- Syndromes and a Century (2006) — Second Assistant Director
- Worldly Desires (2005) — Editor
- Twenty Cigarettes (2011) — Self
- Railway Sleepers (2017) — Director of Photography
- Mobile Men (2008) — Assistant Director
- Vapour (2015) — First Assistant Director
- 9 Temples to Heaven (2026) — Director
- To Infinity and Beyond (2004) — Director
- Fever Room (2015) — First Assistant Director
- Diseases and a Hundred Year Period (2008) — Director of Photography
- Home Video (Made in Thai Town) (2010) — Director
- Ghost of Asia (2005) — Production Office Assistant
- My First Boyfriend (2004) — Editor