# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wisit-sasanatieng
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:48:56.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wisit-sasanatieng"
name: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
slug: "wisit-sasanatieng"
description: "Wisit Sasanatieng is a Thai film director and screenwriter of Chinese descent. Best known for his colourful debut feature film, Tears of the Black Tiger, he is among a \"New Wave\" of Thai directors that include Nonzee Nimibutr and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang."
tagline: "Thai film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wisit_Sasanatieng_20070906.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1964-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.01
  momentum:             4.909090909090907
  historical:           7.476566666666666
  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/nm0765685/"
    handle:    "nm0765685"
sources:
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%8F%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%87"
    title: "วิศิษฏ์ ศาสนเที่ยง"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ويسيت ساساناتينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisit_Sasanatieng"
    title: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisit_Sasanatieng"
    title: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisit_Sasanatieng"
    title: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisit_Sasanatieng"
    title: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisit_Sasanatieng"
    title: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisit_Sasanatieng"
    title: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772238"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28233"
    title: "Wisit Sasanatieng"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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