Director
Sompot Chidgasornpongse
46 years · Bangkok, Thailand · 9 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 9
9 Temples to Heaven
2026 · Director, Writer
The Physical Realm
2023 · Director, Writer
Railway Sleepers
2017 · Cinematography, Editor
Twenty Cigarettes
2011 · Self
Home Video (Made in Thai Town)
2010 · Director
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period
2008 · Cinematography, Director
Worldly Desires
2005 · Editor
Bangkok in the Evening
2005 · Director
My First Boyfriend
2004 · Editor