Director
Sompote Sands
85 years · Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan, Thailand · 22 films
The founder of the Thai film production company, Chaiyo Productions, Sompote Saengduenchai (สมโพธิ แสงเดือนฉาย), better known as Sompote Sands (May 24, 1941 - August 25, 2021), was a Thai film director, producer, and special effects artist. He was best known for co-directing and producing two Japanese-Thai co-productions, "Jumborg Ace & Giant" (1974) and "Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen" (1974), as well as other science fiction, fantasy, and horror films including "Hanuman and the Five Riders" (1975), the cult classic "Crocodile" (1980), "Phra Rod Meree" (1981), "Space Warriors 2000" (1985), and the children's film "Magic Lizard" (1985). Beginning in 1996, he was a major part of the licensing rights dispute between Chaiyo Productions and Tsuburaya Productions, the original Japanese studio behind Ultraman, claiming to have co-ownership of the series outside of Japan. On August 25, 2021, Sands passed away from cancer at the age of 80.
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Filmography 21
Go, Sompote Sands!
2013 · Himself
Project Ultraman
2006 · Producer
Jumborg Ace and Giant (2001 Special Edition)
2001 · Director
Magic Lizard
1985 · Director, Screenplay
Krai Thong 2
1985 · Producer
Space Warriors 2000
1985 · Director
The Noble War
1984 · Director
Hanuman and the Eleven Ultramen
1984 · Director
Crocodile Therakwad
1982 · Producer
Giant Crocodile
1980 · Director, Producer
Krai Thong
1980 · Producer
Crocodile
1979 · Director, Producer
On Philo
The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army
1979 · Photographer at Donna 7 (uncredited), Director
Crocodile Fangs
1978 · Producer
7 Days in Beijing
1975 · Director
Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders
1975 · Director
The Ultraman
1975 · Photographer at Rising Moon 7, Director
Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen
1974 · Photographer at Donna 7 / Ending Narrator (uncredited), Director
Yak Wat Jaeng Meets Jumborg Ace
1974 · Director
Tah Tien
1973 · Director, Producer
Chalawan
1972 · Director, Producer