# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tanwarin-sukkhapisit
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:48:30.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tanwarin-sukkhapisit"
name: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
slug: "tanwarin-sukkhapisit"
description: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit is a Thai filmmaker and politician. They are known for directing the film Insects in the Backyard. Tanwarin identifies as kathoey, and uses they/them pronouns. In the 2019 Thai general election, they were elected to the Thai parliament representing the Future Forward Party. and became the first ever openly transgender member of parliament in Thailand's House of Representatives."
tagline: "Thai director and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%8D%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%8C.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "non-binary"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1973-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.27
  momentum:             6
  historical:           7.476674666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2565292/"
    handle:    "nm2565292"
sources:
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%8D%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%90%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "ธัญญ์วาริน สุขะพิสิษฐ์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "تانوارين سوكخاپيسيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanwarin_Sukkhapisit"
    title: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanwarin_Sukkhapisit"
    title: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanwarin_Sukkhapisit"
    title: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanwarin_Sukkhapisit"
    title: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanwarin_Sukkhapisit"
    title: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanwarin_Sukkhapisit"
    title: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16138640"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267666"
    title: "Tanwarin Sukkhapisit"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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