Nattawut Poonpiriya (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Nattawut Poonpiriya

Looking for reviews of films directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya? Cinafilm has a total of 38 reviews across 2 movies directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 71%.

Bad Genius is Nattawut Poonpiriya's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 37 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Nattawut Poonpiriya is Countdown, with a score of 61% based on 1 reviews.

Director 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.

Nattawut Poonpiriya has directed films starring Markus Waldow, Eisaya Hosuwan, Sahajak Boonthanakit and Thaneth Warakulnukroh.