Nattawut Poonpiriya (b. 1981)

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.

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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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