About
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.
Filmography
9 Temples to Heaven2026 · Director, Writer, Editor
The Physical Realm2023 · Director, Writer
Memoria2021 · Script Supervisor, Assistant Director
Railway Sleepers2017 · Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
Fever Room2015 · First Assistant Director
Vapour2015 · First Assistant Director
Cemetery of Splendor2015 · First Assistant Director
Home Video (Made in Thai Town)2010 · Director
Mobile Men2008 · Assistant Director
Diseases and a Hundred Year Period2008 · Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
Syndromes and a Century2006 · Second Assistant Director
Ghost of Asia2005 · Production Office Assistant, Assistant Director
Worldly Desires2005 · Assistant Director, Editor, Script
To Infinity and Beyond2004 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Editor
Tropical Malady2004 · Second Assistant Director
My First Boyfriend2004 · Editor















