# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rattana-pestonji
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:05:56.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rattana-pestonji"
name: "Rattana Pestonji"
slug: "rattana-pestonji"
description: "Rattana Pestonji was a Thai film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer and is regarded as the father of contemporary Thai film. Although his filmography was brief, his films placed Thai cinema on the world stage. He also pushed for innovations, and was one of the first Thai directors to use 35-mm film. He died just as he was giving a speech to government officials to call for support of a domestic industry he saw as coming under threat from Hollywood films."
tagline: "Thai film director (1908-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ratana_Pestonji_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1908-05-22"
deathDate: "1970-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.68
  momentum:             12.6
  historical:           5.075270666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0676112/"
    handle:    "nm0676112"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattana_Pestonji"
    title: "Rattana Pestonji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DA%86%D9%89"
    title: "راتانا پيستونچى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattana_Pestonji"
    title: "Rattana Pestonji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80"
    title: "रत्तना पेस्टोनजी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B5"
    title: "รัตน์ เปสตันยี"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6585331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1278018"
    title: "Rattana Pestonji"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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