Nattawut Poonpiriya
Directing
Biography
Nattawut "Baz" Poonpiriya (Thai: นัฐวุฒิ พูนพิริยะ, born 1981) is a Thai director, working extensively on television commercials and music videos, but best known for the thriller films Countdown and Bad Genius. Nattawut graduated Master of Fine Arts in stage directing from Srinakharinwirot University. After graduating, he worked mainly on television commercials for three years before moving to New York to study graphic design at Pratt Institute. He returned to Thailand in 2011, and worked as a music video director before directing his first feature film, the horror thriller Countdown, for GTH in 2012. The film won three categories at the Suphannahong National Film Awards. Nattawut then made a hiatus from feature films to focus again on advertising. His second feature, Bad Genius, was released in 2017, and won a record-breaking twelve categories at the awards.
Filmography 15
Movies (13)
Gohan2026Directing
Zi Mui2023Directing
Not Friends2023Film Directors' Posing Reference
One for the Road2022Directing
The Reels Deal2021Directing
Girlhattan2017Directing
Bad Genius2017Directing
REUNION2015Directing
Present Perfect2014Directing
The Library2013Directing
Countdown2012Directing
Seven Something2012Sea You Crew (segment "21/28")
The Misbehavers2010Directing
Shows (2)
Thai Cave Rescue2022Directing
i STORIES2018Directing