Chananun Chotrungroj is a director of photography and artist based in Los Angeles. She served as Director of Photography alongside Sandi Sissel on the feature film "Karaoke Girl," which premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2012 and won the "Best Cinematography" award at the Bangkok Critics Assembly Awards. She recently shot "The Edge of Daybreak" 2021 by Taiki Sakpisit, winner of FIPRESCI Prize 2021, "Three Mouths 2022 " by Jared Frieder New York Times Critic's pick and steam exclusively at Paramount Plus. "Palm Trees and Power Lines 2022" by Jamie Dack which won directing award in U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2022, The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave 2022 by Pailin Wedel and "Birth / Rebirth" 2023 by Laura Moss. While pursuing an MFA in Film at NYU, she was awarded the Ang Lee Fellowship and Department Fellowship and received Nestor Almendros Award for Outstanding Cinematography by a Woman in 2013 and 2015. Channaun was nominated for the 2020 Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for the feature film "The Third Wife" and won Best Cinematography at the Tribeca 2020 Film Festival for the feature film "Materna."
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Biography from IMDb.
- Thailand
- Cinematographer, also producer
- 16 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Chananun Chotrungroj's films like?
Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 8
Grounded 11 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 6
A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 7
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous8
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 Chananun Chotrungroj's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).
- The Third Wife (2018) · cinematographer · free
- Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022) · cinematographer · free
- Birth/Rebirth (2023) · cinematographer · free
- Between Shadow and Soul (2020) · cinematographer · free
- Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017) · cinematographer · free
- Motel Mist (2016) · cinematographer · free
- Who Invited Them (2022) · cinematographer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Chananun Chotrungroj'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
28 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
The Dream is a Snail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Skin of Youth(2025)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Birth/Rebirth(2023)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Maxine(2023)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Rule of Two Walls(2023)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Who Invited Them(2022)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Three Months(2022)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Edge of Daybreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Materna(2020)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Between Shadow and Soul(2020)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Nearest Human Being (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Transmissions of Unwanted Pasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Third Wife(2018)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Pop Aye(2017)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Motel Mist(2016)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Collective: Unconscious (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Porn Without Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Everybody Dies! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Yosemite(2015)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Seide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Afronauts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Karaoke Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Our Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Ploy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Career shape
A full career of 25 titles from 2007 to 2026.
Biggest box office
The Third Wife (2018)
Highest rated
The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave (2022)
Most popular right now
Palm Trees and Power Lines (2022)
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.
Awards
Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2020, Best Cinematography.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Chananun Chotrungroj's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the cinematography 73/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 58. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
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.
Is Chananun Chotrungroj's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Chananun Chotrungroj work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chananun Chotrungroj's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ash Mayfair shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Ash MayfairShared titles: Skin of Youth (2025), The Third Wife (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Ash Mayfair
- David GutnikShared titles: Rule of Two Walls (2023), Materna (2020)See all 2 shared titles with David Gutnik
Composers and editors
- An Ton ThatShared titles: Skin of Youth (2025), The Third Wife (2018)See all 2 shared titles with An Ton That
- Julie BéziauShared titles: Skin of Youth (2025), The Third Wife (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Julie Béziau
- Andrew OrkinShared titles: Rule of Two Walls (2023), Materna (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Orkin
- Lee ChatametikoolShared titles: Pop Aye (2017), Motel Mist (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Chatametikool
Producers
- Thi Bich Ngoc TranShared titles: Skin of Youth (2025), The Third Wife (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Thi Bich Ngoc Tran
- Emily McCann LesserShared titles: Rule of Two Walls (2023), Materna (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Emily McCann Lesser
- Cattleya PaosrijeroenShared titles: Pop Aye (2017), Motel Mist (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Cattleya Paosrijeroen
- Soros SukhumShared titles: Pop Aye (2017), Motel Mist (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Soros Sukhum
Mixed roles
- Prabda YoonShared titles: Dalah: Death and the Flowers (2025), Motel Mist (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Prabda Yoon
- Bruce Thierry CheungShared titles: Who Invited Them (2022), Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Thierry Cheung