A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Baz Poonpiriya
Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya
นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ
บาส พูนพิริยะ
나타우트 폰피리야
Birthplace:
Bangkok, Thailand
Born:
March 24, 1981
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.
Director:
2010 The Misbehavers
2012 Countdown
2013 The Library
2014 Present Perfect
2015 REUNION
2017 Bad Genius
2017 Girlhattan
2021 The Reels Deal
2022 One for the Road
2023 Zi Mui
???? Untitled Nattawut Poonpiriya Project
Editor:
2010 The Misbehavers
2012 Countdown
2013 The Library
2014 Present Perfect
2015 REUNION
2017 Bad Genius
2017 Girlhattan
2021 The Reels Deal
2022 One for the Road
2023 Zi Mui
???? Untitled Nattawut Poonpiriya Project
Producer:
2010 The Misbehavers
2012 Countdown
2013 The Library
2014 Present Perfect
2015 REUNION
2017 Bad Genius
2017 Girlhattan
2021 The Reels Deal
2022 One for the Road
2023 Not Friends
2023 Zi Mui
???? Untitled Nattawut Poonpiriya Project
Screenplay:
2010 The Misbehavers
2012 Countdown
2013 The Library
2014 Present Perfect
2015 REUNION
2017 Bad Genius
2017 Girlhattan
2021 The Reels Deal
2022 One for the Road
2023 Not Friends
2023 Zi Mui
???? Untitled Nattawut Poonpiriya Project
Story:
2010 The Misbehavers
2012 Countdown
2013 The Library
2014 Present Perfect
2015 REUNION
2017 Bad Genius
2017 Girlhattan
2021 The Reels Deal
2022 One for the Road
2023 Not Friends
2023 Zi Mui
???? Untitled Nattawut Poonpiriya Project
Writer:
2010 The Misbehavers
2012 Countdown
2013 The Library
2014 Present Perfect
2015 REUNION
2017 Bad Genius
2017 Girlhattan
2021 The Reels Deal
2022 One for the Road
2023 Not Friends
2023 Zi Mui
???? Untitled Nattawut Poonpiriya Project
Director:
2018 i STORIES
2022 Thai Cave Rescue
Executive Producer:
2018 i STORIES
2022 Thai Cave Rescue
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