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Paween Purijitpanya

Paween Purijitpanya

Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer · Born January 6, 1978 (48) · Bangkok, Thailand

Paween Purijitpanya (1978, Thailand) has been fascinated by film and visual effects from a young age. He studied film and photography at the Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. He has made numerous music videos for well-known Thai bands; some received awards. Purijitpanya is present at IFFR 2009 with Body and an episode in 4BIA.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 6, 1978 (48)
From
Bangkok, Thailand
Works as
Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 1% in 30 days

What are Paween Purijitpanya's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Survival
21%
Self
17%
Bonds
13%
Ideas
10%
Society
8%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
3
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Paween Purijitpanya's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Paween Purijitpanya's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • God Skin(2026)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Stone(2025)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Tomorrow and I(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Creator · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • The Final Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Cinematographer · Screenplay

  • The Medium(2021)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Ghost Lab(2021)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Girl from Nowhere(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • In Family We Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 18 episodes · as Show Director

  • Seven Something (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Phobia 2(2009)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Phobia(2008)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay · as Phantom (segment "Deadly Charm")

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Body sob 19(2007)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles from 2007 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Phobia 2 (2009)

$5M worldwide

Highest rated

The Stone (2025)

Midcredits 70th

Most popular right now

Tomorrow and I (2024)

Film career

  • 2018Screen debut· In Family We Trust

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 12: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting9 of 12: 2 only directing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndWriting8 of 12: 0 only writing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stProducing2 of 12: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleCinematography2 of 12: 0 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing3 of 12: 0 only editing, 3 with another roleOther crew2 of 12: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

12 titles, 8 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 7 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · 1 acting · 3 crew2010s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew2020s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Paween Purijitpanya's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th6
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 9 titles divides audiences: 7 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Mixed2

Most loved · director

Girl from Nowhere (2018)

Midcredits 87th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Paween Purijitpanya work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paween Purijitpanya's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Surawut Tungkharak shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers