Pimpaka Towira

Pimpaka Towira

  • Name: Pimpaka Towira
  • Native name: พิมพกา โตวิระ
  • Nationality: Thai
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 1967
  • Age: 59
Pimpaka Towira is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter and film producer born in Lampang, Thailand. She studied film at Thammasat University. After graduating, she worked on one film production, but, in her words, "found it disappointing and dropped out". She went to work as a film critic and writer for The Nation newspaper in Bangkok, and was programming director for 2001 Bangkok Film Festival, which was sponsored by The Nation.

Her feature film debut One Night Husband (2003) brought her international fame, making her one of the first female Thai filmmakers to be noticed by international critics and viewers. She has been invited as a jury member for many film festivals and won the Silpathorn Award in 2009, granted by the Ministry of Culture in Thailand.

Her second feature, The Island Funeral (2015), won the Best Asian Future Film Award at Tokyo International Film Festival 2015, FIPRESCI Award at the Hong Kong International Film Festival 2016 and received the Silver Hanoman Award at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2016

(Source: iffr.com; Wikipedia) Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Year Title Type Rating
2014
Movie
6.3
Director
Year Title Type Rating
2005
Movie
5.4
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2017
Movie
0.0
2016
Movie
0.0
2015
Movie
0.0
2012
Mother
Mother
Movie
0.0
2011
Movie
0.0
2010
My Father
My Father
Movie
0.0
2008
Movie
10.0
2003
Movie
8.5
Producer
Year Title Type Rating
2024
Movie
6.7
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
2013
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy
Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy
Thai Movie, 2013,
[Mary's mother] (Guest Role)
[Mary's mother]
Guest Role
7.4
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  • First Name: Pimpaka
  • Family Name: Towira
  • Native name: พิมพกา โตวิระ
  • Nationality: Thai
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: 1967
  • Age: 59

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