# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/banjong-pisanthanakun
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:58:25.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/banjong-pisanthanakun"
name: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
slug: "banjong-pisanthanakun"
description: "Bangjong Pisanthanakun is a Thai filmmaker and screenwriter. He saw early success with his first two films, Shutter (2004) and Alone (2007), both horror films that he co-directed and co-wrote with Parkpoom Wongpoom. He also directed the 2013 comedy-horror romance film Pee Mak, which became Thailand's highest-grossing film of all time, and the 2021 horror film The Medium, which was a commercial and critical success in South Korea. In addition to horror films, Bangjong directed the romance films Hello Stranger (2010) and One Day (2016)."
tagline: "Thai film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Banjong_Pisanthanakun_at_MTV_Onair_Live.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1979-09-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.888416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1802294/"
    handle:    "nm1802294"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بانجونج بيسانثاناكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بانچونج پيسانثاناكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakun"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakun"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakun"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakun"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakun"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%98%EC%A2%85_%ED%94%BC%EC%82%B0%EB%8B%A4%EB%82%98%EC%BF%A4"
    title: "반종 피산다나쿤"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakul"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakun"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjong_Pisanthanakun"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q636817"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81251"
    title: "Banjong Pisanthanakun"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump