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Banjong Pisanthanakun
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Banjong Pisanthanakun

Born 1979 · Bangkok, Thailand · Active 2002–2026

Banjong Pisanthanakun (Thai: บรรจง ปิสัญธนะกูล) is Thai filmmaker and screenwriter. With Parkpoom Wongpoom, he co-directed and co-wrote the hit 2004 Thai horror film, Shutter, and the 2007 horror film, Alone.

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Shutter

Shutter

2004 ★ 7.2
Director

After a friends' party, Jane (Natthaweeranuch Thongmee) and her photographer boyfriend Tun (Ananda Everingham) get into a car accident, with Jane accidentally running over a woman. Tun prohibits her from getting out of the car; they drive away, leaving the girl on the road. Tun begins to discover mysterious white shadows and faces in his photographs. Jane thinks these images may be the ghost of the girl they hit. Tun, who has been experiencing severe neck pains since the accident, visits a specialist and is dismayed to find that his weight is double his regular weight. He dismisses the idea of being haunted, though his friends are also being disturbed by this entity. Jane discovers that the girl was Natre, a shy young woman who had attended the same college as Tun. Tun admits that he and Natre were in a relationship, which Tun had kept secret from his friends. Natre loved Tun and threatened to commit suicide when he broke off the relationship. Tun witnesses his friend, Tonn, committing suicide, and discovers that his two other close friends from college have also committed suicide. Believing that they have been coerced into doing so by Natre's ghost, Tun becomes convinced he will be next. Tun and Jane visit Natre's mother and discover Natre's decaying body in the bedroom. Natre had committed suicide, but her mother could not bear to have her cremated. They convince her mother to have a proper funeral for her, after which Jane hopes that everything will return to normal. They spend the night at a hotel, where Tun is confronted by Natre's ghost. While trying to get away, he falls off a fire escape and is injured. On returning to Bangkok, Jane collects some photographs. One of the films shows a series of images of Natre crawling towards the bookcase in Tun's apartment. Jane finds a set of negatives hidden behind the bookcase. She develops them to find photographs in which Tun's friends—the ones who committed suicide—are sexually assaulting Natre. Disgusted by her findings and now convinced that Natre tried to warn her, a teary Jane confronts Tun. Tun admits that he witnessed the rape but did nothing to stop his friends, and that he was the one who had taken those photos. He says he did it out of peer pressure and has never forgiven himself but Jane leaves him. Knowing he is still haunted by Natre, Tun begins taking pictures of every room in the house, but does not see her. He throws the camera in a rage, only for it to go off and take a photograph of Tun, showing Natre sitting on his shoulders and revealing the true cause for his neck pain and double body weight. Natre covers his eyes, making him lose balance and fall out of the window. The final scene shows a bandaged Tun slumped over, sitting on a hospital bed while Jane visits him. As the door swings closed, the glass reflection shows Natre still sitting on his shoulders.

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Filmography

38 credits
2020s 2 credits
2024
Tomorrow and I as Grandmother's son
TV ★ 6.7
2023
Not Friends as Film Directors' Posing Reference
Movie ★ 7.2
2010s 3 credits
2019
My Ambulance as Psychiatrist
TV ★ 7.3
2015
Heart Attack as Im's Friend Doctor
Movie ★ 7.1
2014
The Master as Self
Movie ★ 7.3
2000s 1 credit
2008
4bia as Commissioned Duty Officer (segment "Deadly Charm")
Movie ★ 6.2
Crew Credits
2020s 13 credits
2026
Ek Din Original Story
Movie
2026
Inherit Director
Movie
2026
Inherit Producer
Movie
2026
Inherit Screenplay
Movie
2025
Movie ★ 7.1
2025
Shutter Original Film Writer
Movie ★ 6.2
2025
Movie ★ 5.5
2024
Kang Mak from Pee Mak Original Film Writer
Movie ★ 6.0
2023
Movie ★ 6.5
2022
Movie ★ 7.0
2021
Movie ★ 6.5
2021
The Medium Producer
Movie ★ 7.0
2021
The Medium Director
Movie ★ 7.0
2010s 9 credits
2019
Movie ★ 4.4
2017
Heartbeat Director
Movie ★ 7.5
2016
One Day Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.7
2016
One Day Director
Movie ★ 7.7
2013
Movie ★ 5.0
2013
Pee Mak Director
Movie ★ 7.2
2013
Pee Mak Writer
Movie ★ 7.2
2010
Hello Stranger Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.3
2010
Movie ★ 7.3
2000s 10 credits
2009
Phobia 2 Director
Movie ★ 6.2
2009
Phobia 2 Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.2
2008
4bia Director
Movie ★ 6.2
2008
Coming Soon Script Supervisor
Movie ★ 6.3
2008
4bia Screenplay
Movie ★ 6.2
2007
Alone Director
Movie ★ 7.1
2007
Alone Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.1
2004
Shutter Director
Movie ★ 7.3
2004
Shutter Screenplay
Movie ★ 7.3
2002
Colorblind Director
Movie ★ 7.0