Education
Kongdej graduated from the film department at King Mongkut"s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang.
Kongdej graduated from the film department at King Mongkut"s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang.
His screenplays include The Letter, Tom-Yum-Goong, Noo Hin: The Movie and Maine. Myself. His own films include Sayew and Midnight My Love. Education, early career
He began his career in the late 1990s directing music videos for record label RS Promotion.
He also wrote screenplays for the company"s the then-new RS Film, but none were ever produced into films.
Sayew, The Letter
Kongdej made his directorial debut with Sayew, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Kiat Songsanant. He had also been approached by producer Duangkamol Limcharoen to write the screenplay for the romantic drama, The Letter, a 2004 Thai remake of a 1997 Korean film.
The film was a hit, and with the screenplay, Kongdej became a sought-after scriptwriter. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 Tony Jaa martial arts film, Tom-Yum-Goong.
Midnight My Love
His first solo directorial effort, 2005"s Midnight My Love, was nominated for several Thailand National Film Association Awards, including best director and best screenplay.
The romantic comedy-drama starred comedian Petchtai Wongkamlao in a dramatic role as a melancholy taxi driver who develops a relationship with a massage parlor worker (Woranut Wongsawan). Midnight My Love was featured at several film festivals, including the Deauville Asian Film Festival, Cinefan and the Chicago International Film Festival. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2006 comic-book adaptation Noo Hin: The Movie and the 2007 romantic comedy Maine.
Myself.
His 2008 romantic comedy is Kod (กอด), about "a three-armed man and a big-bosomed girl."
Other projects include the screenplay for Nonzee Nimibutr"s 2008 fantasy, Queen of Langkasuka.