Chookiat Sakveerakul (Thai: ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล, RTGS: Chukiat Sakwirakun), born 1981 in Chiang Mai, Thailand) is a Thai film director and screenwriter. He is also credited as Ma-Deaw Chukiatsakwirakul or Matthew Chukiat Sakwirakul.

Chookiat Sakveerakul
ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล
Chookiat at the premiere of The Love of Siam in November 2007
Born	1981 Chiang Mai, Thailand
Other names	Ma-Deaw Matthew
Occupation	Film director screenwriter
Notable work	13 Beloved Pisaj

Chookiat's first feature-length film was an ensemble drama, The Passenger of Li, which was an independent production. His next film was Pisaj, a 2004 horror film produced by Sahamongkol Film International. Chookiat garnered critical acclaim for this next film, 13 Beloved, a gritty drama about a deadly underground reality television game, which won several awards in Thailand and from film festivals.[1]

He graduated from Montfort College in Chiang Mai.

Filmography

Writer

• Body (Co-writer with Paween Purikitpanya) (2007)
• Chocolate (Co-writer with Nepalee Sakveerakul) (2008)

Director

• 4 Romance (Segment "Dream/Fun" ) (2008)

Writer & Director

• The Passenger of Li
• Pisaj (Evil) (2004)
• 13 Beloved (2006)
• The Love of Siam (2007)
• Home: Love, Happiness, Remembrance (2012)
• Grean Fictions (2013)
• The Eyes Diary (2014)
• Dew, Let's Go Together (2019)

References

External links

• Chukiat Sakweerakul at IMDb

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